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The Men Who Fought And Died To Protect The Pope

When the Vatican came under attack 20,000 Catholics took up arms to protect the Pope, finds John Hinton The Pope’s Legion BY CHARLES COULOMBE PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, £14.99 T heir......

Retrospective Glow

Ettie BY RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, £25 T his biography is subtitled The Intimate Life and Dauntless Spirit of Lady Desborough , which well conveys the......

Tale Of Two Cities

Geoff Dyer has managed not only to re-invent Venice but the novel itself, says Jim Butler Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi BY GEOFF DYER CANONGATE, £12.99 ‘I t was impossible......