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OCTOBER 2009 £3.00

NAPOLEON’S NEMESIS Charles Esdaile on Russia’s defeat of France

Michael Burleigh exposes Saudi Arabia Sara Wheeler explores the Arctic Circle John Keay encounters Holy Lives in India

Richard Overy on Demobilisation Richard Carwardine on the US Civil War Jonathan Sumption: When We Ruled France

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John Gray deplores Trotsky

Anne Boleyn Decapitated ★ Robert Boyle Diagnosed

TARTS FOR TEA: Behind Georgian Doors Clown with Grimaldi ★ Fish with Profumo ★ Gardens Galore

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