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'Havisham'

By RONALD FRAME
Reviewed by JANE SMILEY

Ronald Frame reimagines the life of Miss Havisham, Charles Dickens's jilted bride.

'100 Poems: Old and New'

By RUDYARD KIPLING. Edited by THOMAS PINNEY.
Reviewed by WILLIAM LOGAN

Selected poems of Rudyard Kipling combine the canonical with the never before published.

'Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World'

By LEO DAMROSCH
Reviewed by JOHN SIMON

Leo Damrosch's biography of Jonathan Swift gives full rein to his many talents and contradictions.

'Servants'

By LUCY LETHBRIDGE
Reviewed by LEAH PRICE

A history of 100 years of domestic service in England and how it evolved.

 

'The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince' By JANE RIDLEY Reviewed by JOHN SUTHERLAND Jane Ridley's "Heir Apparent" demonstrates that Edward VII, though popular when he became king, was immoral, selfish, philistine and rather stupid. 'Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion' By ANNE SOMERSET Reviewed by BROOKE ALLEN Anne Somerset reconsiders some of our most unflattering ideas about Britain's Queen Anne.

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'Elizabeth of York'

By ALISON WEIR
Reviewed by ROGER BOYLAN

Alison Weir chronicles the life of the first Tudor queen.

'Outrageous Fortune: Growing Up at Leeds Castle'

By ANTHONY RUSSELL
Reviewed by HENRY ALFORD

Anthony Russell recalls holidays at grandmother's house.

Crime

Murder at the Vicarage

By MARILYN STASIO

In "No Man's Nightingale," by Ruth Rendell, Inspector Wexford investigates a murder case bungled by his old deputy.