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Un-byronic

Peter Quennell Byron Frederic Raphael (Thames & Hud- son £8.95) A though Byron's portrait has always occupied a large and brightly il- luminated niche in the history of English......

The Enemy

Peter Kemp H istory is on our side. We will bury you', Kruschev warned the West in ovember 1956, just after he had crushed t he Hungarian Revolution. Whether his t YPically......

Books Wanted

MICHAEL GALLET: 'Parisian Domestic Ar- chitecture of the 18th Century', Barrie & Jenkins, London. Box No: 245MG. THE PICNIC BASKET by Edward Spears. Michael Ivens, 40 Doughty......