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The Love That Dared To Speak Its Name

Eric Christiansen THE FRIEND by Alan Bray Chicago University Press, distributed by John Wiley, £28, pp. 380, ISBN 0226071804 A s you went into the tower door of the church at......

An Exceptional Talent For Failure

David Hughes THE CURIOUS LIFE OF ROBERT HOOKE: THE MAN WHO MEASURED LONDON by Lisa Jardine HarperCollins, £25, pp. 422, ISBN 0007149441 T he charm of this unexceptionable book,......