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December 2012 Issue Blair Worden Authority Figure The Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes – Leviathan Vol 1: Introduction; Vols 2 & 3: The English & Latin Texts By Edited by Noel Malcolm LR
March 2013 Issue John Cooper Power Player The King’s Henchman: Henry Jermyn – Stuart Spymaster and Architect of the British Empire By Anthony Adolph LR
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