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New Patterns For Old

Douglas Johnson Origins of the French Revolution William Doyle (Oxford University Press, pp, 272 £12.50, pp. 247 £4.95 paperback). Every 0-leveller knows about it. There is a......

Fiction

Unthrilling Paul Ableman The Fate of Mary Rose Caroline Blackwood (Cape pp. 208, £5.95) This is a disappointing novel. It promises more than it delivers. The author has style......

Jam Today

Tim Garton Ash The Bureaucracy of Truth: How Commun ist Governments Manage the News Paul Lendvai (Burnett Books, pp.258, £6.95) I have made a New Year's Resolution never to use......