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Was It Pure Genius?

Jonathan Guinness DARK AND LIGHT: THE STORY OF THE GUINNESS FAMILY by Derek Wilson Weidenfeld, £20, pp. 302 I f anyone is qualified to write a book about the Guinness family it......

The Marriage Of Nations A La Mode

Michael Portillo THIS BLESSED PLOT: BRITAIN AND EUROPE FROM CHURCHILL TO BLAIR by Hugo Young Macmillan, £20, pp. 558 A book of this sort needed to be writ- ten, but this is not......