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Befogged

Catherine Peters Anne Thackeray Ritchie: A Biography Winifred Gerin (Oxford University Press pp. 310, £12.50) Thackeray's daughter; Leslie Stephen's sister-in-law; close friend......

Killing With A Vengeance

George Gale Forged in Fury Michael Elkins (Piatkus pp. 274, £6.95) 'We conjure you: In the name of the shed blood of our children — take vengeance! Avenge our tortured mothers,......