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THISMONTH'S PULPIT is written by Kathryn Hughes. Her biography of George Eliot won the James Tait Black Prize in 1998. She is currently writing a book about Mrs Beeton.

LEWISWOLPERTis Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University College, London.

CAROLESEYMOUR-JONES'SPainted Shadow: A Life o f Vivienne Eliot is published by Constable.

SIMONSEBAGMONTEFIOREis the author of l'rinceofl'rinces:The Lifeo f Potemkin, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. H e is currently researching his new book, Stalin and His Inner Circle.

WILLIAMPALMERis the author of a collection of short stories and four novels, including The Pardon o f Saint Anne (Jonathan Cape).

ANDREWLYCETT'SKipling is available in paperback from Phoenix.

SHERIDANMORLEY'SSpectator at the Theatre has just been published by Oberon; his authorised biography of John Gielgud is available in paperback.

ROBERTk m ' s most recent books are Night and Horses and the Desert: The Penguin Anthology o f Classical Arabic Literatua and the novel Satan Wantr Me.

FUCHARDGRAYis writing a h t o x y of American literature for Blackwell that seems potentially endless. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

MICHAELDE-LA-NOYhas written biographies of Elgar, Denton Welch and Edward Sackville-West, and histories of the Church of England and his own alma mater, Bedford School. His Queen Victoria at Home is due out from Constable in the autumn.

PULPIT

WOMEN

MEN

ROYALTY

WRITERS

HISTORY

4 RAYMONDCARRDoves of W a r : Four W o m e n of S p a i n

Paul Preston 5 LEWISWOLPERTRosalind Franklin: T h e Dark L a d y of

D N A Brenda Maddox 7 ISABELHILTONLetters to Henrietta Isabella Bird 8 ALISTAIRHORNEPast Forgetting: A Memoir of Heroes,

Ad v e n t u r e and Love Veronica Maclean 10 ANNKENNEDYSilvertown: A n Ea s t E n d Fami l y Mernoir

Melanie McGrath

12 FREDERICRAPHAELNietzsche: A Philosophical Biography

Riidiger Safranski Zarathustra's Secret: T h e Interior L i f e of Friedrich N i e t z s c h e Joachim Kohler 14 ANDREWLYCETTT h e Architect and h i s W i f e : A L i f e of

E d w i n L u t y e n s J a n e R i d l e y 15 MICHAELDE-LA-NOYBlack T o m : Arnold of R u g b y -

T h e M y t h and t he M a n Terence Copley 16 THOMASHODGKINSONGale Force 1 0 : T h e L i f e and

Legacy of A d m i r a l Beaufort Nicholas Cou r t n e y

18 ALEXANDERWAUGHQueen and C o u n t r y William ,

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19 SIMONSEBAGMONTEFIOREPeter t he Gr e a t : A Hiography

Lindsey Hughes 20 PATRICKFRENCHBlood Against the Snows: T h e Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty Jonathan Gregson

22 PETERWASHINGTONOrwell's Victory Christopher Hitchens 23 FRANCESSPALDINGRosamond Lehmann: A L$e Selina Hastings 25 R I CHARDGRAYHerman Melvil l e : A Biography -

V o l u m e 2 , 1 8 5 1 - 1 8 9 1 Hershel Parker 27 PAULJOHNSONThe LPtters of Charles Dickens, Volume 12, 1868-

1 9 7 0 (Ed) Graham Storey Charles Dickens Jane Smiley 28 SEBASTIANSHAKESPEAREAfte r Na t u r e W G Sebald

30 ROBERTIRWINT h e H u n t f o r Z e r z u r a : T h e Lost Oas i s and t he Desert W a r Saul Kelly 31 S IMONHEFFERPatriots: Na t i o n a l I dent i t y i n Br i t a i n

1 9 4 0 - 2 0 0 0 Richard Weight 34 JONATHANMIRSKYWagons Wes t Frank McLynn ' ;

35 ANDREWTAYLORMeasuring America: H o w the Nation was

Shaped b y the Greatest Land Sale i n History Andro Linklater

JTERARY REVIEW June 2002

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Editor: NANCYSLADEK Deputy Editor: THOMASHODGKINSON Editorial Assistant: CHARLIECAMPBELL

General Assistant: ELEANORPEERS Contributing Editor: SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARE Business G Advertising Manager: ROBERTPOSNER

Founding Editor: DR ANNESMITH Founding Father: AUBERONWAUGH

Cover illustration by Chris Riddell

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