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CONTENTS TH IS MONTH'S PULP IT is written by John Gross, formerly Editor of the TLS, and currently Theatre C riti c of the Su11day Telegmph. H is most recent book, After Shakespeare, is published by Oxford University Pre s. LINDSEY H UGHES is Professor of Ru ss ian Hi story at th e School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. H er Perer the Great: A Bio,~raphy was recently publi s hed by Yale University Press. ADAM SISMAN's BosuJCII 's PreS11111p/llous Task was published by Penguin last year. He is now working on a book about the friend hip between Wordsworth and oleridge. G ILLIAN 0ARL EY's johu Soa11e is available in paperback from Ya le University Press. She is engaged in writing a life ofJ o hn Evelyn. PATRICK FrtENC H's new book Tib er, Tiber will b e published by HarperCollin s in Mar c h . H e is at work on the biography of VS Naipaul. J3 ERNARD W ASSERSTE IN is Professo r of Hi s tory at the University of G la gow and author of Brirai11 a11d rhe Jews of Europe 1939-1945 (Cassell) as we ll as m any other books. CHR.ISTABEL K1 G lec tures in broadcast journalism at City Unive rsity , London. Formerly , sh e presente d television news for the BBC World Service and was Africa correspondent of the Daily Telegraph . M ARK ALMO ND is Lecturer 1n Mod e rn Hi story at Oriel College, Oxfo r d. Hi s most r ecent book , Uprisi 11.~!, i s publi shed by Mitchcll 13cazley. PULPIT LEADERS HISTORY ESSAYS BIOGRAPHY FOREIGN PARTS PLEASURES OF LIFE 1 J OHN GROSS 4 FRANK GILES Napo /eo 11 's Men: The So ldi ers of 1h e Revol11tion a11d Empire Alan Forrest Napo leon : H is Wives a11d Wo111e11 Christopher Hibbert Napo/eo11 Paul John son 6 S IMON H EFFER Lloyd G eo rge: War Leader John Grigg 9 MARK ALMOND Milosevic: A Biography Adam LeBor 11 ME YAPP Th e Indi a11 M 11 ti11y 185 7 Saul David 12 FR ANK M C LY NN The Terror Befo re Trafa lgar : Ne/ so11, Napoleo11 a11d the Secret War Tom P ocock 14 B ERNARD WASSERSTE IN Ge11 eratio11 Exodus: T/1e Fat e of You11g J ewis h R ef11gees fro I l l az i Ger111any Waiter Laq u e ur Tl1e H itler E111igres: Th e C 11itllral I111 pact of Britai11 of Refug ees from Na z is 111 David Snowman 16 PATRI CK FRENCH The Writer a11d t/1e World VS aipau l 18 ADAM SJSMA Sa111u e/ Pepys: The U11eq11alled elf C laire Toma l in 19 PHJLJP Z IEGLER The Asq11iths Colin Clifford 21 Lu c v LETHBR IDGE Gli111pses of the Wo11deif11/: The L ife of Philip H en ry Gosse Ann Thwaite 22 G ILLIA DARLEY Th e Ma 11 W /10 K11 ew Too M11ch: Th e Stra11ge and illll ell ti ve Life of Robert Hook e '1635-1703 Stephen ln wood 24 CHRISTOPHER BRAY De iro: A Bio,~rap l1y John Baxtcr Mr Stra11ge/ove: A Biograpl1y of Pe1er S ell ers Ed Sikov 25 J ESS JCA M ANN Thi11gs My Mother e11er Told Me Bl ake Morrison 26 PATRI CK MARNHAM The Se11eu Ages of Paris: Portrait of a City Alistair Horne 28 LJND SEY HU GHES Natasha's Da11 ce: A Cultura l Hi s tory of Ru ss ia Orlando Fig es 30 CHARLES ALLEN White Mll,f!, !Jal s: Love and Betrayal i11 Eightewt/1 - Century In dia William Dalrymple 31 KATHR Y H UGHES Feast: A History of Grand Eati11g Roy Strong 32 GEORD IE GR.EIG Sca11da/: A Swrrilo11s H istory of Gossip, '/ 700-2000 R oger Wi lk es LITERARY REVIEW October 2002 Editor: NA NCY SLAI EK Deputy Editor: THOMAS H ODGKI SO Editorial Assistalll: CHARLIE CAMPBELL Cmeral Assista111 : DAV ID GELBER Co111rib11ti11g Edi10r: SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEAR.E B~<siness Mmwger: R. OBERT POSNER Advertising MmWJter: TERRY fi NNEGAN Founding Editor: OR ANN£ SM ITH Fo~<nding Fa ther: AUBERO W AUG H Cove r ilh1S1ratio11 by Chris R.idde/1 Iss ue 110 . 292
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O C TOBER 2002 ADVENT URERS GENERAL FICTION CRIME SILENCED VOICES CHILDREN'S BOOKS AUDIOBOOK POETRY COMPETITION LR CROSSWORD LRBOOKSH OP 34 36 37 CHRISTABEL K ING News FrMn No Man's La11.d: Reporting th e World John Simpson CHRI TOPHER ONDAATJE The Faber Book of Exploration Benedict A l ien CHARLI£ CAMPBELL Brewe r's Rog ues, Villai11s & Eccentrics: An A-Z of Roguish Bri tons Through the Ages Willi a m Donaldson 38 40 42 44 PETER WASH INGTON Albion: The Origins of th e E11g /ish Imag ination Peter Ackroyd PATR IC K O 'CoNNOR The Unexpurgated Beaton: T /1e Cecil Beaton D iaries as th ey LIJere written (Ed) Hugo Vickers ALEXANDER WAUGH Y: Th e Desce nt of Man Steve J ones ADRIA BERR v cience: A History John Gribbin 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 54 55 FRAN C IS KIN G Th e Critnson Petal and the White Mi c hel Faber ROB ERT S C CORDON Baudo !i no Umberto Eco ALLAN MA SS !£ A Life's Music Andrei Makine CHR ISTOPHER HART Platform Michel Houe l lebecq JOHN Du GDA LE Th e Book of Il/ nsio11. s Pau l A u ster SARAH A SMITH Indelible Acts A L Kennedy TH OMAS H ODGK INSON Th e Song s of the Kings Harry Unsworth SAM L EITH Middlesex J effrey Eugenides LILIA N PI ZZICH INI Th e Seven Sisters Ma r garet Drabble AIDA N HAR TLEY Zan z ibar Gi l es Fod en 57 59 60 61 62 PHILIP 0AKES SIOBHAN D owD MI CHAE L THORN SU SAN CROSLAND 35 49 PHILIP Z IEGLER is halfwa y through writing a biography of Rupett HartDavis, which will be publish ed by C hatro & Windu s. H e is enjoying the process enom10usly, although h e wonders whether the end product will be a runaway bestseller. F l~ANK G ILES is a fom1er Edjror of the S uuday Ti111es. Hi s apoleou Bouaparte: Eu&laud's Prisouer will be ava il a bl e in paperback from Constab le Robinso n next month . KATHRYN H UGHES is writing a book abo ut Mrs Beeron. She has mastered Stewed Ox-Cheek and is now moving on to Lark Pi e. PATrU CK MAR HAM's The Death of ]eau ,\J ouliu is published by J ohn Murray. M E Y APP is Emeritus Professor of th e M odern Hi stor y of Western Asia, University of London. GEORDIE GREIG is Editor of Tat/er. CHARLES ALLEN's most recent book , The Buddha aud the Sahibs: The Merr vliho DisCOIIered lrrdia 's Lost Reli,~iou, i s published by J ohn M urray. H e is curre ntl y researching the British invasion of Tibet in 1903, to be published as The Year of the Wood-Dmgou. F ltANK M c: L YNN's most recent book, Wa&ous West , is pubhshed by J onathan Cape. PETER WASHINGTON is General Editor of Everyman's Lib rary. CHR ISTOPHER BRAY is w ritin g a biography of Mi c h ae l Cai n e for Faber & Faber. ADRIAN BERRY is Consulting Ediror (Science) of the Daily Tele&mplr. Tl1e Literary R eview, incorporati11g Quarto, is p11blished 11/0ilthly from: 44 Lexington Street, London W IF OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 All snbscription enquiries and changes rf address to: Literary Review Subscn'ptions, FREEPOST LON 17199 London SW20 8BR Tel: 020 8545 2755 Fax: 020 8545 2756. UK Subscription Rate £32, Europe £39, rest rf the 111orld air mail only £54 (US 84) USA Airspeed subscription price is £39 (US 60)for per 01111111n. Periodica l pre-paid at Champlain NY (US PS 0042'18). All advertising enquiries to: Robert Posner, Literary R eview, 44 Lexi11gton Street, Lo11don W1 F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Prillled by Si111pso n Drewell & Co Ltd, 70 Sheen Road, Rich111ond, Surrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 744 '1 Fax: 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagwts world11;ide by COMA G Specialist, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Rd, West Dray/on , Middlesex, UB7 7QX Tel: 01895 433 800 Distrib uted to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, London E9 Tel: 020 8986 4854 email : li t rell@dircoll .co. uk LITERARY REVIEW October 2002

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CONTENTS

TH IS MONTH'S PULP IT is written by John Gross, formerly Editor of the TLS, and currently Theatre C riti c of the Su11day Telegmph. H is most recent book, After Shakespeare, is published by Oxford University Pre s.

LINDSEY H UGHES is Professor of Ru ss ian Hi story at th e School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. H er Perer the Great: A Bio,~raphy was recently publi s hed by Yale University Press.

ADAM SISMAN's BosuJCII 's PreS11111p/llous Task was published by Penguin last year. He is now working on a book about the friend hip between Wordsworth and oleridge.

G ILLIAN 0ARL EY's johu Soa11e is available in paperback from Ya le University Press. She is engaged in writing a life ofJ o hn Evelyn.

PATRICK FrtENC H's new book Tib er, Tiber will b e published by HarperCollin s in Mar c h . H e is at work on the biography of VS Naipaul.

J3 ERNARD W ASSERSTE IN is Professo r of Hi s tory at the University of G la gow and author of Brirai11 a11d rhe Jews of Europe 1939-1945 (Cassell) as we ll as m any other books.

CHR.ISTABEL K1 G lec tures in broadcast journalism at City Unive rsity , London. Formerly , sh e presente d television news for the BBC World Service and was Africa correspondent of the Daily Telegraph .

M ARK ALMO ND is Lecturer 1n Mod e rn Hi story at Oriel College, Oxfo r d. Hi s most r ecent book , Uprisi 11.~!, i s publi shed by Mitchcll 13cazley.

PULPIT

LEADERS

HISTORY

ESSAYS

BIOGRAPHY

FOREIGN PARTS

PLEASURES OF LIFE

1 J OHN GROSS

4 FRANK GILES Napo /eo 11 's Men: The So ldi ers of 1h e

Revol11tion a11d Empire Alan Forrest Napo leon : H is Wives a11d Wo111e11 Christopher Hibbert Napo/eo11 Paul John son 6 S IMON H EFFER Lloyd G eo rge: War Leader John Grigg 9 MARK ALMOND Milosevic: A Biography Adam LeBor

11 ME YAPP Th e Indi a11 M 11 ti11y 185 7 Saul David

12 FR ANK M C LY NN The Terror Befo re Trafa lgar : Ne/ so11,

Napoleo11 a11d the Secret War Tom P ocock 14 B ERNARD WASSERSTE IN Ge11 eratio11 Exodus: T/1e Fat e of

You11g J ewis h R ef11gees fro I l l az i Ger111any Waiter Laq u e ur Tl1e H itler E111igres: Th e C 11itllral I111 pact of Britai11 of Refug ees from Na z is 111 David Snowman

16 PATRI CK FRENCH The Writer a11d t/1e World VS aipau l

18 ADAM SJSMA Sa111u e/ Pepys: The U11eq11alled elf C laire

Toma l in 19 PHJLJP Z IEGLER The Asq11iths Colin Clifford 21 Lu c v LETHBR IDGE Gli111pses of the Wo11deif11/: The L ife of Philip H en ry Gosse Ann Thwaite 22 G ILLIA DARLEY Th e Ma 11 W /10 K11 ew Too M11ch: Th e

Stra11ge and illll ell ti ve Life of Robert Hook e '1635-1703 Stephen ln wood 24 CHRISTOPHER BRAY De iro: A Bio,~rap l1y John Baxtcr

Mr Stra11ge/ove: A Biograpl1y of Pe1er S ell ers Ed Sikov 25 J ESS JCA M ANN Thi11gs My Mother e11er Told Me Bl ake

Morrison

26 PATRI CK MARNHAM The Se11eu Ages of Paris: Portrait of a City Alistair Horne 28 LJND SEY HU GHES Natasha's Da11 ce: A Cultura l Hi s tory of

Ru ss ia Orlando Fig es 30 CHARLES ALLEN White Mll,f!, !Jal s: Love and Betrayal i11

Eightewt/1 - Century In dia William Dalrymple

31 KATHR Y H UGHES Feast: A History of Grand Eati11g

Roy Strong 32 GEORD IE GR.EIG Sca11da/: A Swrrilo11s H istory of Gossip,

'/ 700-2000 R oger Wi lk es

LITERARY REVIEW October 2002

Editor: NA NCY SLAI EK Deputy Editor: THOMAS H ODGKI SO Editorial Assistalll: CHARLIE CAMPBELL

Cmeral Assista111 : DAV ID GELBER Co111rib11ti11g Edi10r: SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEAR.E

B~

Founding Editor: OR ANN£ SM ITH Fo~

Cove r ilh1S1ratio11 by Chris R.idde/1

Iss ue 110 . 292

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