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R E V I E W O F T H E R E V I E W S Review of Books

ISSUE 16 SUMMER 2011

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OVER 50 OF THE BEST BOOKS COVERED INCLUDING Niall Ferguson David Gilmour Katherine Swift Duff Hart-Davis E M Delafield Melvyn Bragg

Caradoc King J R Ackerley Janet Malcolm Paul Bailey Justin Cartwright Joshua Foer Laura Hillenbrand Hisham Matar

Javier Cercas Sarah Brown Michael Capuzzo H R F Keating NormanParkinson Andrea Wulf Simon Barnes …and many more

The Murder Room: the frightening world of true crime

Four hundred years of the King James Bible Cities: three of the best books

A R O U N D - U P O F R E V I E W S • N O T J U S T T H E B E S T S E L L E R S

‘Revel in their off-beat features – our favourite’ WHICH? MAGAZINE

‘Revel in their off-beat features – our favourite’

Virginia Ironside – see page 30

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