9 MAY 1981, page 25

A Shoddy Little Fantasy

Paul Foot The Chariot of Israel Harold Wilson (Weidenfeld & Nicholson pp.406, £14.95) A wry Arab scholar once pointed out that Palestine was the perfect place for the settlement......

Undetected

Anthony Storr Dorothy L. Sayers James Brabazon (Gollancz pp. 308, L9.95). Dorothy Sayers belongs to that large company of creative people who wish to be remembered for work......