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A Great Imperial Warrior

Hugh Cecil THE KITCHENER ENIGMA by Trevor Royle Michael Joseph, £15 A fter a course of years every soldier acquires more or less insanity; the result of his moral training,' the......

The Greatest Traveller Since Marco Polo

Auberon Waugh JACKDAW CAKE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Norman Lewis Hamish Hamilton, £9.95 I am not sure why Norman Lewis called the first volume of his autobiography Jack- daw Cake,......