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Books

Louis the largest and the last Douglas Johnson Louis XVIII Philip Mans& (blond and Briggs £20) One of the foremost authorities on 19thcentury French history, who taught in the......

Facing Facts

Nicolas Walter A Way to Die: Living to the End Rosemary and Victor Zorza (Deutsch £5.95) Death Ed. John Prickett (Lutterworth £4.95) Letter to a Younger Son Christopher Leach......

In The Garden

Gavin Stamp I'll Fight You for It! Brian Anson (Cape e8.95) This book should be regarded as complementary to Robert Thorne's Covent Garden Market, reviewed in these pages last......