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CONTENTS ANDREWROBERTS'SNapoleon and Wellington, an investigation into the way the two great captains of their age interacted throughout their careers, is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in September. PULPIT HEROES &VILLAINS JASONCOWLEYis literary editor of the New Statesman. FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO'S Civilizations is published by Macmillan. PAMELANORRIS'Smost recent book was 7he Story $Eve. She is currently writing a history of romantic love. LITERARY LIVES DAVIDCESARANI,Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Southampton and director of the AHRB Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/nonJewish Relations, is writing a book on the legacy of the Holocaust. ROBERTBLAKEis the author of Disraeli, and, most recently, Winrton Churchill (Sutton). JAMESDELINGPOLEwas convinced that until he'd confkonted his worst fear by cage diving with great white sharks,he would never complete his second novel, Fin (Picador). So he did. He felt terribly brave and clever, until he saw someone on TV do it without a cage with a much bigger shark. FIELDS & FOLLIES BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS FOREIGN PARTS SHERIDANMORLEYis the drama critic of t he Spectator and the International Herald Tribune. He has published almost twenty film and theatre books, of which the latest is the authorised biography of John Gielgud (Hodder, 6 2 0 ) . He is currently writing his memoirs. INTERVIEW JEREMYBLACKis the author of The f Politics $James Bond (Eurospan), The f English Press 1621-1861 (Sutton) i and E i g h t e e n t h - C e n t u r y Bri t a i n i (Palgrave). 4 ROBERTBLAKEChurchill: A S t u d y i n G r e a t n e s s Geoffrey West 5 FELIPEFERNANDEZ-ARMESTOThe T h r e e R o o s e v e l t s : T h e Leaders w h o Transformed America James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn 7 NORMANSTONEBeria M y Father: I n s i d e S t a l i n ' s K r e m l i n Sergio Beria 9 JEREMYLEWISA l l f o r L o v e Ved Mehta 10 ALLANMASSIELucky H i m : T h e L i f e o f K i n g s l e y A m i s Richard Bradford 12 JEssrcA MANNSelected Le t t e r s of Da s h i e l l H a m m e t t , 192 1 - 1960 (Ed) Richard Layman and Julie R i v e t t 13 ROBERTGORDONDante R W B Lewis 14 ADAMNICOLSONT h e Forgiveness o f N a t u r e : T h e S t o r y o f G r a s s Graham Harvey 15 BEv1s H I L L ~ E RIn R u i n s Christopher Woodward ' 17 JOANSMITHSimone W e i l Francine du Plessix Gray 18 PAMELANORRISA H o u s e Un l o c k e d Penelope Lively 19 SIMONHEFFERSchumann Eric Frederick Jensen 21 KATHRYNHUGHESImproper Pursuits : T h e Scandalous L i f e o f L a d y D i Beauclerk Carola Hicks 22 H u c o VICKERSDangerous Mu s e : A Life o f C a r o l i n e B l a c kwood Nancy Schoenberger 23 EL1sA SEGRAVECherr y : A M e m o i r Mary Karr 25 ANNEAPPLEBAUMA D i r t y W a r Anna Politkovskaya 26 RICHARDGOTT T h e Bu s hmen of Southern Af r i c a : S l aughter o f t h e Innocent Sandy Gall 27 MARKMCCRUM30 D a y s i n S y d n e y : A W i l d l y D i s t o r t e d Account Peter Carey 28 FARRUKHDHONDYTALKS TO V S NAIPAUL ATERARY REVDEW August 2001 Editor: NANCYSLADEK Editorial Assistant: ROWANTOMLINSON General Assistant: CHARLIECAMPBELL Contributing Editor: SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARE Business G Advertising Manager: ROBERTPOSNER Clmsijed Sales: CHARLIECAMPBELL Publisher: CHRI~TOPHERONDMTJE Founding Editor: DR ANNESMITH Founding Father: AUBERONWAUGH Cover illustration by Chris Riddell Issue no. 278 I
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AUGUST 2001 HISTORY 37 ANDREWROBERTSon the Napoleonic Wars 38 JASONCOWLEYThunder at Twilight: Vienna 1 9 1 3 - 1 9 1 4 Frederic Morton 40 DAVIDCESARANIOrdinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 1 0 1 and the Final Solution in Poland Christopher Browning JOAN SMITHwrites newspaper columns and goes dancing as often as possible. Her book Moralities: Sex, Money G. Power in the 21st Century is published by Allen Lane, The Penguin Press. GENERAL 41 JEREMYBLACKSeahenge: N e w Discoveries i n Prehistoric Britain Francis Pryor 42 SHERIDANMORLEYBritish W a r Films 1 9 3 9 - 1 9 4 5 S P MacKenzie 43 T I MHEALDIll-Starred Captains: Flinders and Baudin Anthony J Brown 44 THOMASHODGKINSONEton Established: A History from 1 4 4 0 to 1 8 6 0 T i m Card IElTERFROM CORSICA 45 SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARE FARRUKHDHONDY'Sbiography of C L R Jarnes was published last month by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. NORMANSTONEis Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara. Huco VICKERSis the author of Alice, F'tincess Andrew o f Greece,published by Harnish Hamilton last November. FICTION i ANNEAPPLEBAUMisgetting closer 48 DAVIDPROFUMONeutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a i t o finishing her book on Soviet Liquid World T i m Ecott i concentration camps. 49 JAMESDELINGPOLEGreat Shark Writings (Ed) Valerie and R o n Taylor 50 DUNCANMINSHULLWanderlust: A History of Walk i n g STEVENPOOLEis writing a rnetaphysical conspiracy thriller. Rebecca Solnit 51 FRANCISKINGRequiem for the East Andrei' Makine 52 STEPHENAMIDONChoke Chuck Palahniuk 53 PATRICKMARNHAMStrange Gardens Michel Qu i n t 53 PATR~CIADUNCKERTide Runnina Oonya Kempadoo BEVISHILLIER,formely Editor of The Connoisseur, is the author of twenty-five books on the arts, and is the authorised biographer of John Betjeman. 54 STEVENPOOLESomeone to Watch Over M e Paul Wilson STEPHEN is writing a TV 55 AMANDACRAIGThe Nose Elena Lappin 56 SEBASTIANSHAKESPEAREASpy's Life Henry Porter j know who to i drama about the CIA. Should he i vanish, this magazine's readers will CRIME SILENCED VOICES PAPERBACKS 57 PHILIPOAKES 59 SIOBHANDOWD 60 AUDIOBOOK 60 SUSANCROSLAND POETRY COMPE'IlTION 6 1 & RESULTS LR BOOKSHOP 31 LRWBKXPTIONFORM 63 THOMASHODGKINSONisan Old Harrovian. ADAM NICOLSON'SSea Room, about his islands in the Hebrides, will be published by HarperCollins i n October. PATRICKhrlARNHAM)s7he Death ofjean Moulin is published by John Mumy. AMANDACRAIG'Snovel In a Dark Wood came out in paperback last month (Fourth Estate). She is working on a sequel to A Vicious Circle. The Literary Review, incorporating Quarto, is published monthlyjiom: 44 k i n g t o n Street, London W1R 3LH Tel: 020 7437 9392 Fax: 020 7734 1844 I SSN 0144 4360 O All subscription enquiries and changes ofaddress to: Literary Review Subscriptions, FREEPOST LON 17199 London SW20 8 B R Tel: 020 8545 2755 Fax: 020 8545 2756. UK Subscription Rate A30, Europe A36, rest ofthe world air mail only A 5 0 (USt84) U S A Airspeed subscriptionprice is A36 (USS60)forper annum. Periodical pre-paid at Champlain N Y (USPS 004218). All advertising enquiries to: Robert Posner, Literary Review, 44 Lexington Street, London W 1 R 3L.H Tel: 020 7437 9392 Printed by Simpson Drewett G COLtd, 7 0 Sheen Road, Richmond, Surrey T W 9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 7441 Fax: 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagents worldwi'deby C OMAG Specialist, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Rd, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 7QX Tel: 01895 433 800 Distributed to bookshops by Central Books, 9 9 Wallis Road, London E9 Tel: 020 8986 4854 email:litrev@dircon.co.uk LITERARY REVIEW August 200

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CONTENTS

ANDREWROBERTS'SNapoleon and Wellington, an investigation into the way the two great captains of their age interacted throughout their careers, is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in September.

PULPIT

HEROES &VILLAINS

JASONCOWLEYis literary editor of the New Statesman.

FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO'S Civilizations is published by Macmillan.

PAMELANORRIS'Smost recent book was 7he Story $Eve. She is currently writing a history of romantic love.

LITERARY LIVES

DAVIDCESARANI,Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Southampton and director of the AHRB Parkes Centre for the Study of Jewish/nonJewish Relations, is writing a book on the legacy of the Holocaust.

ROBERTBLAKEis the author of Disraeli, and, most recently, Winrton Churchill (Sutton).

JAMESDELINGPOLEwas convinced that until he'd confkonted his worst fear by cage diving with great white sharks,he would never complete his second novel, Fin (Picador). So he did. He felt terribly brave and clever, until he saw someone on TV do it without a cage with a much bigger shark.

FIELDS & FOLLIES

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIRS

FOREIGN PARTS

SHERIDANMORLEYis the drama critic of t he Spectator and the International Herald Tribune. He has published almost twenty film and theatre books, of which the latest is the authorised biography of John Gielgud (Hodder, 6 2 0 ) . He is currently writing his memoirs.

INTERVIEW

JEREMYBLACKis the author of The f Politics $James Bond (Eurospan), The f English Press 1621-1861 (Sutton) i and E i g h t e e n t h - C e n t u r y Bri t a i n i (Palgrave).

4 ROBERTBLAKEChurchill: A S t u d y i n G r e a t n e s s

Geoffrey West 5 FELIPEFERNANDEZ-ARMESTOThe T h r e e R o o s e v e l t s : T h e

Leaders w h o Transformed America James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn 7 NORMANSTONEBeria M y Father: I n s i d e S t a l i n ' s K r e m l i n

Sergio Beria

9 JEREMYLEWISA l l f o r L o v e Ved Mehta 10 ALLANMASSIELucky H i m : T h e L i f e o f K i n g s l e y A m i s

Richard Bradford 12 JEssrcA MANNSelected Le t t e r s of Da s h i e l l H a m m e t t ,

192 1 - 1960 (Ed) Richard Layman and Julie R i v e t t 13 ROBERTGORDONDante R W B Lewis

14 ADAMNICOLSONT h e Forgiveness o f N a t u r e : T h e S t o r y o f

G r a s s Graham Harvey 15 BEv1s H I L L ~ E RIn R u i n s Christopher Woodward '

17 JOANSMITHSimone W e i l Francine du Plessix Gray 18 PAMELANORRISA H o u s e Un l o c k e d Penelope Lively 19 SIMONHEFFERSchumann Eric Frederick Jensen 21 KATHRYNHUGHESImproper Pursuits : T h e Scandalous

L i f e o f L a d y D i Beauclerk Carola Hicks 22 H u c o VICKERSDangerous Mu s e : A Life o f C a r o l i n e

B l a c kwood Nancy Schoenberger 23 EL1sA SEGRAVECherr y : A M e m o i r Mary Karr

25 ANNEAPPLEBAUMA D i r t y W a r Anna Politkovskaya 26 RICHARDGOTT T h e Bu s hmen of Southern Af r i c a :

S l aughter o f t h e Innocent Sandy Gall 27 MARKMCCRUM30 D a y s i n S y d n e y : A W i l d l y D i s t o r t e d

Account Peter Carey

28 FARRUKHDHONDYTALKS TO V S NAIPAUL

ATERARY REVDEW August 2001

Editor: NANCYSLADEK Editorial Assistant: ROWANTOMLINSON General Assistant: CHARLIECAMPBELL Contributing Editor: SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARE Business G Advertising Manager: ROBERTPOSNER

Clmsijed Sales: CHARLIECAMPBELL Publisher: CHRI~TOPHERONDMTJE Founding Editor: DR ANNESMITH Founding Father: AUBERONWAUGH

Cover illustration by Chris Riddell

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