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Antony Lambton

The only new book I really enjoyed last Year was Anne Somerset's Elizabeth I ( . W eidenfeld, £20). I started it with trepida- t ion, as I know the authoress and, despite the......

J.g. Links

It is hardly stretching a point to call Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time (12 volumes, Mandarin Paperbacks £3.99 each) a book of 1991. I read it straight through and......

John Whitworth

The Faber Book of Drink, Drinkers and Drinking (Faber, £15.99) is a very fat book, edited with erudition and good humour by Simon Rae. I love the doctor overheard by Martin......

Christmas Books Ii

Books of the Year A further selection of this year's best or most overrated books, chosen by some of The Spectator's regular contributors Bryan Robertson Apart from magisterial......