5 DECEMBER 1987, page 51

The Support Of His Mad Mother

Anita Brookner PORTRAIT OF A BONAPARTE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOSEPH-NAPOLEON PRIMOLI 1851-1927 by Joanna Richardson Quartet, f17.95 T he Bonaparte dynasty took some un-......

Giles Auty

A lthough I have acquired hundreds of books on art over the years, I remain slightly uncertain why a good many of them were written. Were the authors trying to dazzle readers......