6 DECEMBER 1997, page 52

A Couple Of Right Villains

Peter J. M. Wayne THE THIEVES' OPERA: THE REMARKABLE LIVES AND DEATHS OF JONATHAN WILD, THIEF-TAKER, AND JACK SHEPPARD, HOUSE-BREAKER by Lucy Moore Viking £20, pp. 304 A most......

The Princess And The Pooftah

Hardy Amies MY DEAREST MINE I I E by Ruth Norrington Peter Owen, £22.50, pp. 239 D earest Minette, the youngest daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in Exeter in......

Conflict And Coverage

Alan Campbell WAR AND THE MEDIA by Miles Hudson and John Stainer Sutton Publishing, £19.99, pp. 338 O ut of my way, you drunken swabs!' shouted Lord Kitchener at a group of......