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Cautious Kings

John Wilton The House of Sa'ud David Holden and Richard Johns (Sidgwick and Jackson pp. 569, £9.95) The Kingdom Robert Lacey (Hutchinson pp. 631, £9.95) Ibn Khaldun, as......

Reassessment

Homage to Catalonia Simon Courtauld Homage to Catalonia George Orwell (Penguin Books pp. 247, £1.50) w hen Fredric Warburg agreed to publish George Orwell's account of his time......