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Battle for Europe: How the Duke of Marlborough Masterminded the Defeat of France at Blenheim by Charles Spencer
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After the Victorians by A.N. Wilson
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Beyond the Balkans – Eric Ambler and the British Espionage Novel, 1936-1940
July 23, 2024Eric Ambler (1909-1998) was one of the foremost architects of espionage fiction as it exists today....
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Blu-Ray/DVD Review: The Wicker Tree
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I Say! Hammer Plans A Woman In Black Sequel?
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John Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Book Review: The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination
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Movie Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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May Day! May Day! It’s Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree
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Book Review: Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
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