27 NOVEMBER 1982, page 26

0 Come, 0 Come, Emmanuel

Eric Christiansen Love, Death and Money in the Pays d'Oc Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (Scolar Press £17.50) O ne evening, on the highway not far from Nimes, a nobleman overtakes a......

Who Sweeps A Room

Alastair Best A Woman's Work is Never Done: A History of Housework in the British Isles 650-1950 Caroline Davidson (Chatto & Windus £15) A s a captive househusband, tethered for......