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Saga Heroes

Benny Green Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1979 (Macdonald £5.75) In 1864 the Sussex cricketer John Wisden, frailest effective fast bowler in the history of the game, decided to......

An Actor

Ted Whitehead The Actor's Life: Journals 1956-1976 Charlton Heston (Allen Lane £6.95) 'It's something of a mystery to me why I'm all but the sole survivor of my generation of......

Venetian Lark

Francis King Territorial Rights Muriel Spark (Macrn il " Ian £5.95) From Thomas Mann to Patricia sig h. smith and from Henry James to Daphli e du Maurier, Venice has not mere)......