Max Hastings
Philip Ziegler's Mountbatten remains for me the most pleasing book of the year. Ziegler defied the expectations of all those who thought sycophancy unavoidable in an official......
Edward Norman
This year saw the republication of Aldous Huxley's travel notes of the East, Jesting Pilate: The Diary of a Journey (Paladin, £2.50), originally produced in 1926. A large part......
John Mcewen
Best books: Vincent by himself, edited by Bruce Ber- nard, designed by Derek Birdsall. A bril- liant and unprecedented synthesis of Van Gogh's pictures and letters. The Bayeux......
Christmas Books I
Books of the Year A selection of the best and most overrated books of the year chosen by some of the Spectator's regular reviewers. John Keegan I tremendously enjoyed Woodrow......
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