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March 2020 Issue Robin Simon Making Rome Great Again Piranesi Drawings: Visions of Antiquity By Sarah Vowles LR
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November 2007 Issue Peter Jones Julius Through The Ages Caesar: A Life in Western Culture By Maria Wyke LR
November 2007 Issue Harry Mount It Came, It Saw, It Conquered Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin By Nicholas Ostler LR
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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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