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Kurd And Gent

Anthony Blond Saladin in his Time P.H. Newby (Faber and Faber £10.95) A l-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Abu 1-Muzaffer Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi (Saladin) was a jumped-up Kurd who......

Foremothers

Bel Mooney The Europa Biographical Dictionary of British Women Edited by Anne Crawford, Tony Hayter and others (Europa Publications £27.50) W henever a women breaks new ground......

Books

The Higher Cannibalism P. J. Kavanagh O Beloved Kids Rudyard Kipling (Weidenfeld £10.95) RudyaRudya rd Kipling detested curiosity about rd private lives of authors; he called it......