SEPTEMBER 2007

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Ronald Blythe on an Enchanted Walk Gillian Tindall on La France Profonde The Birth of the Thames ★★ Tally-Ho for the Hunt!

Jonathan Mirsky on the Mighty Qin Leslie Mitchell on a Forgotten Prime Minister John Adamson on a Courtly Cavalier

V SNAIPAUL: A Writer’s People

Who was Shakespeare’s Wife? The Mirthful Mitfords ★★ The Wicked Wagners Conan Doyle on the case ★★ Jennie Churchill on the prowl

SUMMITS ★★ SPOOKS ★★ BLASPHEMY

FICTION: J M Coetzee ★★ Michael Ondaatje ★★ Jonathan Coe ★★ Roddy Doyle...