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SARAHBRADFORDis the author of EIk* the bestselhg biography ofthe Queen, published by W i Heinemann in 1996. She has since been WO* on a biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, m be published thisautumn by V+. FEUPEFERNANDEZ-~WESTOisa member of the Faculty of Modem History of Oxford University and a Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study. His new book, Civilizations, a study of the relationship between civilization and environment, will be published by Macmillan in the aununn. EDWINACURRIE'Sambitious novel The Ambassador is published in paperback on 20 June by Warner, at 45.99. She is currently working on another parliamentary novel, to appear in 2001. DAVIDPROFUMO'Snovel The Weather in Iceland is published in paperback by Picador. He is currently going native in the Scottish Highlands, whilst researching a study of fishing and literature. LINDAGRANT'Ssecond novel, When 1 lived in Modem Times, is shortlisted for the Orange Prize. DAVIDCESARANI,author of the 1998 biography of Arthur Koesder, 7be Restless Mind has taken a sabbaticd &m being Professor of Modem Jewish History at Southampton University m write a book on the legacy of the Holocaust. JANEGARDAMhas won the Heywood Hill Literary Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize and twice winner of Whitbread awards. H e r next novel, T h e F l i gh t of t he Maidens, which is set in the north of England in 1946, follows the growing up of three young women between school and university. an extended visit to the house in Burgundy he and his wife have just bought h m the proceeds of his latest book, The Templars. This best-selling account of the medied religious hatics will be appearing in paperback from Phoenix in Satember. ILITERARY REVIEW J u n e 2000 FROM THE PULPIT 1 AUBERONWAUGH WOMEN BELLES LETTRES 4 EDWINACURRIEMargaret Thatcher, V o l u m e O n e : T h e Grocer's Daughter J o h n C a m p b e l l 5 BELINDAJACK T h e L i f e of Marie d ' A g o u l t , alias Daniel S t e r n P h y l l i s Stock-Morton 6 SARAHBRADFORDArtemisia: T h e S t o r y of a Bat t l e f o r Greatness A l e x a n d r a L a p i e r r e 8 KATHRYNHUGHESA Passion f o r Performance: Sarah S i d d o n s and her Portraitists ( E d ) Robyn A s l e s o n 9 HUMPHREYCARPENTERThe Letters of K i n g s l e y A m i s ( E d ) Zachary Leader 10 BRYANAPPLEYARDTh e Song o f t h e Earth Jonathan Bate HISTORY BIOGRAPHY MORE SECOND WORLD WAR 12 RICHARDGOTT V i l l a and Z a p a t a : A Biography of t h e Mex i c a n R e v o l u t i o n Frank M c L y n n 14 ANDREWLYCETTSoldier Sahibs C h a r l e s Allen 15 PAULJOHNSON W h a t If?Mi l i t a r y His t o r i ans Imagine W h a t M i g h t H a v e Been ( E d ) R o b e r t C o w l e y 17 FELIPEFERNANDEZ-ARMESTOHenry t he Navigator Peter R u s s e l l 18 WILLIAMPACKERBen Nicholson: T h e Vicious Circles of H i s L i f e and A r t S a r a h J a n e C h e c k l a n d 20 STEPHENGLOVERNorthcliffe: Press Baron i n Politics 1865-1922 J Lee Thompson 21 DAVIDPROFUMOLiberace: A n American B o y D a r d e n A s b u r y Pyron 1 22 CLAWSVON BULOWTelling L i v e s : From W B Yeats to l Bruce C h a t w i n ( E d ) Alistair Horne I 24 ROBERTHARRISChurchill and Appeasement R A C P a r k e r 25 DAVIDCESARANITh e N a z i Terror: Gestapo, Jews and Ord i n a r y Ge rmans Eric J o h n s o n 26 MARKMAZOWERDiary of a M a n i n Despair F r i e d r i c h R e c k - M a l l e c z e w e n 28 PIERSPAULREADT h e Dea t h of J ean Moul i n : Biography of a G h o s t P a t r i c k M a r n h a m 30 JOHN GRIBBINHitler's Gift: Scientists W h o Fled N a z i G e r m a n y Jean Medawar and David Pyke, Celia's Secret Michael Frayn and D a v i d Burke FOREIGN PARTS 31 ANNAREIDW h y Angels Fall: A J o u r n e y Through Orthodox Europe f r om B y z a n t i u m to Kosovo V i c t o r i a C l a r k 32 JOHN CLAYAnglo-Australian A t t i t u d e s M i c h a e l D a v i e Editor-in-Chie :ADERON WAUGH Editor: 4ANCY SLADEK Editorial Assistant: THOMASHODGKINSON Business Manager: ISABELBOOTHBY Advertisin Mana er: LOUISEHARRISON ~lass$ee$~ales:&OMAS HODCKINSON Publisher: NAIMATTALLAH Foundin Editor: DRANNESMITH Cover flustration by Chris Riddell Issue no. 264 n
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JUNE 2000 CONFLICT 33 SuSAN CROSLAND Mak ers of Th e America11 C entury M ar t in Walker 34 FARRUKH DH O NDY Th e Atlantic Sou11d C a ry l Phillips 35 SEBA ST IAN SHAK ESPEARE W h ere th e Earth Ends : A J ourn ey Beyond Patag onia J o h n Harrison 36 37 38 RI C HARD DOWDEN M e A g ain s t My Broth er: At War in Soma li a, S udan and Rwanda Scott Peterson M ARK ALMOND Tnt sted Mol e: A Soldi er's J ourn ey into Bosnia 's H eart of Darkn ess Mil os S t ankovic, 011 e Woman 's War: L i fe an d D eat h on D ead lin e Eve-An n Prentice J U ST I N WINTLE Amo11g lriSiug ent s : Wa lking Throt1g h Burma S h e lb y Tucker W ILLI AM SH AWCROss's last b o ok, Delil>er Us Fro111 E1>il, about the wa rs and peace kee pin g e ffo rts o f t he 1990s, is sh o rtli st c d fo r th e Samu e l J o hn son Pri ze . His next boo k retnains a mystery. Meanwhil e, he and his w ife, Olga, have taken over th e Tref.1 nton Ho tel , in St Mawes, which is rapidly becoming th e prid e of th e West C ountry. R.OOERT HAR RIS's Euig111a, a stud y o f code- brea kin g pra cti ces in wanime, is bei ng made into a film , with a sc ript by T o m Sto ppard , enabling th e auth o r t o liv e in tol e r a b l e c omfo rt as h e po nd ers his next subj ect. GENERAL 40 41 42 42 43 THOMAS H O D G K IN SO N I 'm a Man: S ex , Cod s and Rock 'n ' Roll Ruth Padel ANTHONY STORR Mad M en and M edu sas Juli et Mit c h e l l S IM O N NI XO N Falling Eag le: Th e D ecli11 e of Barclays M a rtin Vander We y e r FI~ N CES W o o D Th e Arts cif Chi11a 900-1 620 William Watson EMMA TENNANT Flora Dom es ti ca: A Hi s tory of Flou1er Arrang ing 1500-'1930 M a r y R ose Blacker MEMOIRS FICTION AUDIOBOOK CRIME LETTERS SILENCED VOICES POETRY COMPETITION AND RESULTS LRBOOKSHOP SUBSCRIPTION FORM 45 47 48 W I LLI AM SHAW C R O SS Go ing to th e Wars M ax H as t in gs LOUI S E H ARR ISO N Cha sing Shadows Hu g o Gryn n w i th N aom i Gryn n J ES S IC A M ANN Th e Shark N et Robert Dre we 49 50 50 51 52 53 54 55 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 j AN E GARDAM Diamond Dus t Anita Des a i PAMELA N O RRI S Th e Biog raph er's Tal e AS Byatt ANDREW BISWELL Ben , in the World Dor i s Lessing LIN DA GRANT In A merica Susan Sontag CRESSIDA CONNOLLY A N ew World Amit C h a udhuri FRAN C I S KI NG Eng li sh Passe nge rs M a t th ew Kneale DJ TAYLOR fl 1heritance Livi Mi c h ae l SEBAST IAN SHAKESPEARE U 11 kn ow11 Pl easures J as on Cowley S O PHIA WATS O N Ch arlott e D M Thomas CHRI ST O PHER HART O N SH O RT STO RI ES SU SAN CROS LAND PHILIP 0AKES SI O BHAN DowD 27 64 B ELINDA J AC K's Geo rge S aud : A Wo111a11 's Life Writ La ~ge is published by C hatto & Windus. H UMI'HREY CARP ENTER is thought to b e w ritin g a b oo k about th e An g ry Yo un g Men. SuSA OtOSLAND, who spent her childhood in Baltimo re, Maryland , has published three best-sellin g novels sin ce the death o f her husband , Anthony C rosland, as well as her classic biography of th e great Labo ur st atesman. There are mmours that she may be finishin g another novel. MARK MAZOWER has j ust finish ed a short book on th e Balkans, to be published by W eidenfeld & Nicolson in August. R.I CHARD Gorr's /u the Sh adow ~{ th e Lib era t or: 1-lugo C ha vez aud th e Tra u ~{o rttlatiou of Vw ez 11 ela wi ll b e publi shed by Verso later this month. ANNA R EID is w riting a book o n th e indi ge n o u s peo pl es of Sib e ri a fo r Weidenfe ld & Nicolson . She is currently with the shamanist BuryaiS o f Lake Baikal. ANDREW LYCETT's acclaim ed Kipfi11g is pub lish ed next mo nth in paperbac k (Phoe ni x £8.99). R ICHAR D O OWD EN w o rk s for Th e Erm10mist. W ILLI AM PACKE R is art criti c for th e Fiwmrial Tim es. J OHN GR IU BIN is a Vi sitin g Fell ow in Astronomy at the Uni ver.;ity o f Sussex. Th e Literary Review, i1·zcorpora tiug Quarto, is publislt ed llt onthly from: 44 Lex ington Street, London W1R 3LH Tel: 020 743 7 9392 Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 © A ll subscn'ption enquiries and clta11ges of address to: Literary Review Subscriptions, FREEPOST 39 (WD 2983) , 45-46 Pola11d Street, London W1 E 5H U Tel: 020 72 87 13 '14 Fax : 020 7734 244 7. UK StAbscription Rate £ 30, EtArope £ 36, rest ciftlt e world air mail ot1 ly £ 50 (US 84) USA Airspeed st4bscrip ti on price is £ 36 (US$60)for 12 iss 11 es. Periodical pre-paid at Champlain NY (USPS 004218). A ll ad11ertising e11quiries to: LotAise Harrison, Literary R eview, 44 Lex ingto11 Street, London W1R 3LH Tel: 020 743 7 9392 Primed by Silnpson Drewett & Co Ltd, 70 Slt ee11 Road, Riclmwnd, Surrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 744'1 Fa x: 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagents worldwide by USM Ltd, 86 N ewman Street, London W1P 3LD Tel: 020 73 96 8000 Fax : 020 7396 8002 WWW: lrttp: I /www.litreview.com Distributed to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wa llis Road, Lo11don E9 Tel: 020 8986 4854 email: litrev@dircon.co.uk LITERARY REVIEW June 2000

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JUNE 2000

CONFLICT

33 SuSAN CROSLAND Mak ers of Th e America11 C entury

M ar t in Walker 34 FARRUKH DH O NDY Th e Atlantic Sou11d C a ry l Phillips 35 SEBA ST IAN SHAK ESPEARE W h ere th e Earth Ends : A

J ourn ey Beyond Patag onia J o h n Harrison

36

37

38

RI C HARD DOWDEN M e A g ain s t My Broth er: At War in Soma li a, S udan and Rwanda Scott Peterson M ARK ALMOND Tnt sted Mol e: A Soldi er's J ourn ey into Bosnia 's H eart of Darkn ess Mil os S t ankovic, 011 e Woman 's War: L i fe an d D eat h on D ead lin e Eve-An n Prentice J U ST I N WINTLE Amo11g lriSiug ent s : Wa lking Throt1g h Burma S h e lb y Tucker

W ILLI AM SH AWCROss's last b o ok, Delil>er Us Fro111 E1>il, about the wa rs and peace kee pin g e ffo rts o f t he 1990s, is sh o rtli st c d fo r th e Samu e l J o hn son Pri ze . His next boo k retnains a mystery. Meanwhil e, he and his w ife, Olga, have taken over th e Tref.1 nton Ho tel , in St Mawes, which is rapidly becoming th e prid e of th e West C ountry.

R.OOERT HAR RIS's Euig111a, a stud y o f code- brea kin g pra cti ces in wanime, is bei ng made into a film , with a sc ript by T o m Sto ppard , enabling th e auth o r t o liv e in tol e r a b l e c omfo rt as h e po nd ers his next subj ect.

GENERAL

40

41 42

42 43

THOMAS H O D G K IN SO N I 'm a Man: S ex , Cod s and Rock 'n ' Roll Ruth Padel ANTHONY STORR Mad M en and M edu sas Juli et Mit c h e l l S IM O N NI XO N Falling Eag le: Th e D ecli11 e of Barclays M a rtin Vander We y e r FI~ N CES W o o D Th e Arts cif Chi11a 900-1 620 William Watson EMMA TENNANT Flora Dom es ti ca: A Hi s tory of Flou1er Arrang ing 1500-'1930 M a r y R ose Blacker

MEMOIRS

FICTION

AUDIOBOOK CRIME LETTERS SILENCED VOICES POETRY COMPETITION AND RESULTS LRBOOKSHOP SUBSCRIPTION FORM

45 47

48

W I LLI AM SHAW C R O SS Go ing to th e Wars M ax H as t in gs LOUI S E H ARR ISO N Cha sing Shadows Hu g o Gryn n w i th N aom i Gryn n J ES S IC A M ANN Th e Shark N et Robert Dre we

49 50 50 51 52 53 54 55 55 56 57 58 59 60 61

j AN E GARDAM Diamond Dus t Anita Des a i PAMELA N O RRI S Th e Biog raph er's Tal e AS Byatt ANDREW BISWELL Ben , in the World Dor i s Lessing LIN DA GRANT In A merica Susan Sontag CRESSIDA CONNOLLY A N ew World Amit C h a udhuri FRAN C I S KI NG Eng li sh Passe nge rs M a t th ew Kneale DJ TAYLOR fl 1heritance Livi Mi c h ae l SEBAST IAN SHAKESPEARE U 11 kn ow11 Pl easures J as on Cowley S O PHIA WATS O N Ch arlott e D M Thomas CHRI ST O PHER HART O N SH O RT STO RI ES SU SAN CROS LAND PHILIP 0AKES

SI O BHAN DowD

27 64

B ELINDA J AC K's Geo rge S aud : A Wo111a11 's Life Writ La ~ge is published by C hatto & Windus.

H UMI'HREY CARP ENTER is thought to b e w ritin g a b oo k about th e An g ry Yo un g Men.

SuSA OtOSLAND, who spent her childhood in Baltimo re, Maryland , has published three best-sellin g novels sin ce the death o f her husband , Anthony C rosland, as well as her classic biography of th e great Labo ur st atesman. There are mmours that she may be finishin g another novel.

MARK MAZOWER has j ust finish ed a short book on th e Balkans, to be published by W eidenfeld & Nicolson in August.

R.I CHARD Gorr's /u the Sh adow ~{ th e Lib era t or: 1-lugo C ha vez aud th e Tra u ~{o rttlatiou of Vw ez 11 ela wi ll b e publi shed by Verso later this month.

ANNA R EID is w riting a book o n th e indi ge n o u s peo pl es of Sib e ri a fo r Weidenfe ld & Nicolson . She is currently with the shamanist BuryaiS o f Lake Baikal.

ANDREW LYCETT's acclaim ed Kipfi11g is pub lish ed next mo nth in paperbac k (Phoe ni x £8.99).

R ICHAR D O OWD EN w o rk s for Th e Erm10mist.

W ILLI AM PACKE R is art criti c for th e Fiwmrial Tim es.

J OHN GR IU BIN is a Vi sitin g Fell ow in Astronomy at the Uni ver.;ity o f Sussex.

Th e Literary Review, i1·zcorpora tiug Quarto, is publislt ed llt onthly from: 44 Lex ington Street, London W1R 3LH Tel: 020 743 7 9392

Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 © A ll subscn'ption enquiries and clta11ges of address to:

Literary Review Subscriptions, FREEPOST 39 (WD 2983) , 45-46 Pola11d Street, London W1 E 5H U Tel: 020 72 87 13 '14 Fax : 020 7734 244 7.

UK StAbscription Rate £ 30, EtArope £ 36, rest ciftlt e world air mail ot1 ly £ 50 (US 84)

USA Airspeed st4bscrip ti on price is £ 36 (US$60)for 12 iss 11 es. Periodical pre-paid at Champlain NY (USPS 004218). A ll ad11ertising e11quiries to: LotAise Harrison, Literary R eview, 44 Lex ingto11 Street, London W1R 3LH Tel: 020 743 7 9392 Primed by Silnpson Drewett & Co Ltd, 70 Slt ee11 Road, Riclmwnd, Surrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 744'1 Fa x: 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagents worldwide by USM Ltd, 86 N ewman Street, London W1P 3LD Tel: 020 73 96 8000 Fax : 020 7396 8002

WWW: lrttp: I /www.litreview.com

Distributed to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wa llis Road, Lo11don E9 Tel: 020 8986 4854

email: litrev@dircon.co.uk

LITERARY REVIEW June 2000

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