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Free French

John Charmley Churchill and de Gaulle F. Kersaudy (Collins pp. 476, f12.95). B ooks about both Churchill and de 1-.3 Gaulle are almost as numerous as anecdotes about them, which......

Guilt And Sin

Aparna Jack The Villa Golitsyn Piers Paul Read (Secker & Warburg pp.192, £6.95) I t is an uncommon experience to be so held by a book that no critical thought impinges on one's......