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April 2012 Issue Edward Norman King Takes Bishop Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim – A 900-Year-Old Story Retold By John Guy LR
May 2012 Issue Nicholas Vincent Devil’s Advocates The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe By R I Moore LR
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Richard Flanagan's Question 7 is this year's winner of the @BGPrize.
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Sam Reynolds: Islands in the Sky - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's son, has gone back to the 1960s with a new novel featuring his father's anti-hero, George Smiley.
But is this the missing link in le Carré’s oeuvre, asks @ddguttenplan, or is there something awry?
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D D Guttenplan: Smiley Redux - Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway
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