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RAYMONDCARR,whose Spain: A History (Oxford University Press) was reviewed by John Adamson last month, has written extensively on Spanish and Latin American history, as well as on English foxhunting. His Diary of the Spanish Civil War remains one of the few reliable documents from that dismal episode.

VICTORIA GLENDINNINGhas returned from France to the great delight of London, and is busily finishing her novel, to be called Tender. Although it is nearly finished, nobody has any idea what i t is about. We must await the moment.

T I MRICEis a revered figure i n cricketing circles, having produced various books on the subject. Although he may chiefly be remembered for his musicals and songs, his kindness to a hundred good causes, including Literary Review, will not be forgotten.

KATHRYNHUGHES'SGeorge Eliot: The Last Victorian (Fourth Estate) has won the James Tait Black Award. She is currently writing a biography of Mrs Beeton and is trying hard to learn how to cook.

ANDREWTAYLORis the author of God's Fugitive: The Life of C M Doughty. His biography of the cartographer Gerardus Mercator will be published next spring by HarperCollins.

CHRISTOPHERHART'Sfirst novel, The Harvest, was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and is published by Faber.

JOHNGRIBBIN'SStardust is published next month by Allen Lane The Penguin Press.

TOMHOLLAND'SThe Sleeper in the Sands is published by Abacus.

PULPIT

WOMEN

4 BRENDAMADDOXStet Diana Athill 6 MIRANDASEYMOURAugusta Le i gh: Byron's Half-Sis t e r

Michael and Melissa Bakewell 7 JESSICAMANNSeeing Ma r y P l a i n : A L i f e of Ma r y

M c C a r t h y Frances Kiernan 8 KATHRYNHUGHESA n n T h e Wo r d : T h e S t o r y of A n n Lee,

Female Messiah, Mother of t he Shakers Richard Francis

BIOGRAPHY

10 RAYMONDCARR Troublemaker: T h e L i f e G His t o r y of

A J P T a y l o r Kathleen Burk 11 COLINWILSONA Magick L i f e : A Biography of A l e i s t e r

Crowley Martin Booth 12 N I KOLAITOLSTOYPatrick O ' B r i a n : A L i f e Revealed

Dean King 14 PETERJONESMinotaur: S i r A r t h u r E v a n s and t he

Archaeology of t he Minoan M y t h J Alexander MacGillivray 15 T I MHEALDT h e Ingenious M r Fairchild Michael

Leapman

INTELLIGENCE

16 BRYANAPPLEYARDWi l d M i n d s : W h a t A n i m a l s R e a l l y

T h i n k Marc Hauser, T h e L i v e s of A n i m a l s J M Coetzee 17 A C GRAYLINGTh e Private L i f e of t he Brain Susan A

Greenfield

FOREIGN PARTS

19 FELIPEFERNANDEZ-ARMESTOItDidn't Happen Here:

W h y Socialism Failed i n t he Un i t e d S t a t e s Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks 20 RICHARDOVERYInside Stalin's Russia: T h e Diaries of I Reader Bullard, 1930- 1934 (Edd) Julian and Margaret Bullard

21 ANDREWTAYLORT h e Great Arc: H o w I nd i a was Mapped and Everest was Named J ohn Keay 22 ANNAREIDT h e Uk r a i n i a n s : Unexpected N a t i o n Andrew

Wilson 23 FRANKMCLYNNRoaring C a m p : T h e Social Wor l d of t he

Cali f o r n i a Go l d R u s h Susan Lee Johnson

PLEASURES OF LIFE 24 VICTORIAGLENDINNINGThe A r t i s t and t he Garden

R o y Strong 26 ALLANMASSIEH o w to R e a d and W h y Harold Bloom 27 T I MRICEYa k k i n g A r o u n d t h e Wo r l d : A Cricketer's

Quest f o r Love and Utopia Simon Hughes Boycs: T h e T r u e S t o r y Leo McKinstry S i r V i v i a n : T h e De f i n i t i v e Biography Viv Richards

LITERARY REVIEW August 2000

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Editor: LANCY SLADEK Editorial hsktant: THOMASHODGKINSON General Assistant: SARAHWILLCOCKS

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