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A Burnt-out Case

Rupert Christiansen RIMBAUD by Graham Robb Picador, £20, pp. 530 T he story Graham Robb tells is famil- iar: Arthur Rimbaud, born in 1854 in northern France, was the son of a......

The Incorrigible Bertie

Sarah Bradford THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EDWARD, KING IN WAITING, 1841-1901 by Stanley Weintraub John Murray, £25, pp. 394 ‘E dward the Caresser', as he was privately dubbed when......