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THE PROPHET OF DEMOCRACY John Gray on Alexis de Tocqueville

Daniel Johnson on Perfidious France Andrew Roberts on Bellicose America The War on White Slavery

The Tale of Beatrix Potter Prokofiev’s Passion ★★ Pope’s Nemesis Janacek ★★ Jelinek

MAGGIE GEE SHORTSTORY

Paul Johnson reveres Andrew Mellon Raleigh Trevelyan revisits Anzio

Stalin’s Wars ★★ Alfred’s Cakes ★★ Assorted Aunts

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2006