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The Royal Road To Ruin

Jane Ridley A NEW ENGLAND? PEACE AND WAR 1886-1918 by G. E Searle OUP, £30, pp. 902, ISBN 019820714X T he old Oxford Histories of England were trusty bestsellers bound in pale......

The Box In The Attic

David Hughes A PROFOUND SECRET by Josceline Dimbleby Doubleday, £20, pp. 336, ISBN 0385603231 A s with the opposite sex, there are few books you fall for and want for life, even......