OCTOBER 1994

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M ArtTIN W ALKER A mhem 19 44: Th e A irbom e Battle M artin Middlebroo k MICHAEL M o rtAN Gemtm·ty and Europe: Th e C risis of Unit y D avid Marsh

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LYNN H NICHOLAS Th e Lost Treasures of Troy Caro lin e M oo reh ead C LAR.E COLVIN Young husband: Th e Last G rea t Imperial A dven turer P atri ck Fre nch DAVID CH IPP The Oxbridge Co mpiracy W aite r E lli s D EBO R,AH BOSLEY Th e Exew tive T art and O th er M yth s: M edia W omen T alk Back G inn y Do ugary

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R OGER CALDWELL Vo lta ire: Th e C alas Affai r (Ed) Brian M as te rs

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Ci~ I G B KOWN Writing H ome Alan Bennett H UMPHR.EY CARPENTER Th e S i/era Woman: S y/via P/ath and T ed Hughes J ane t M alco lm !SA BEL HI LTON M ea C uba G C abre ra l n £1 m e 50 T!M ASHLEY Th e Verdi-Boito C orrespondence (Ed) Marcell o Conati and

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J OHN 0 SBORNE You Ca 11 't D o Both Kin gs ley Anus FAY W ELDON East, Wes t. Salma n Rushdi e 0 AV ID PROFUMO C losing T ime Jose ph H elie r PER£G RINE W ORSTH ORNE Tlt e Houndi rtg ofj o/m Thoma s C raig B rown J ONATHAN R OMNEY Th e Village D avid M am e t SARAH LONSDALE Swi tchboa rd Opera to rs Carol Lak e

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J OHN CORNWE LL , a n aca d emi c at J es us Coll ege , Cambridge, ha s writt e n m a n y books , in cludin g thre e n ove ls , o f w hi c h th e las t , S trange G od , is publi s h e d b y S im o n & Sc hu s t e r , a nd a bi og r a p h y of Coleridge. H e cau se d a st ir w i th A Thief in th e Nig ht (Vikin g), a study of w h e th e r or not P o p e J o hn - Paul l was murdered , and Ea rth to Earth , an in vesti gation into th e m ass suic ide of a fa rm e r 's fa mil y in th e We s t Country.

J OHN SIMPSON , t h e BB C 's fea rless for e i g n n e w s c orr es p o nd e nt who also w rites in the Sp ecta tor, h as just fini sh ed a boo k ab o ut Ir an , w hi ch w ill be publish ed by H odd er in th e sprin g, w hen he is also bringing out t he Oxfo rd B ook of E x ile.

FAY W ELDON has a new novel call ed Sp li t t ing, w hi c h w ill co m e from H arpe rCollins in th e Spring. lt is said t o b e Jun g i a n in i t s a ppr oac h. M ea nwhil e, sh e i s bu sy turn i n g M adam e Bovary into a stage p lay .

WILLI AM SH AWC ROSS h as ju s t pub li sh e d a sh o rt b oo k on Ca mb o di a , C ambo di a's New D ea l , w i th the Ca rn egie Endowment for Inte rn ati o nal Peace in W as hin gton. His bi ography of Rupert Murdoch , Murdoc/1 , publi sh ed by C h att o tw o yea r s ago, r e main s t h e s t a ndard re fe r e n ce w ork on thi s p e rpl ex ing subj ec t.

H UMPHREY CARPENTER is direc tor o f th e C heltenh am Literary Festival w hi c h run s from O c tob e r 7- 16th. Hi s L ife of B enja min Bri tten is n ow ava i la b le in Fab e r p a p e rb ac k. H e p l a n s a n o ffi c i a l l ife of Rob e rt R.un c ie, th e form e r Archbi sho p of Canterbury, for H odd er and is also wo rkin g o n an o ffi cial hi story o f th e BB C's Third Pr og r a mme, f o r W e id enfe ld in 1996.

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