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PRINCE EUGEN OF SAVOY, by Nicholas Henderson. A deft biography of the neglected French military genius who furthered the fortunes of the Hapsburgs after Louis XIV insulted the young man by telling him he was fit only for the priesthood.
JONATHAN SWIFT, by Nigel Dennis. A biography by a writer who knows his Swift, and is aware, also, of the grim literary and Freudian exegeses that have clouded his brilliant satires.
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF JEAN MACAQUE, by Stuart Cloete. Having written novels about the Boer War that fell well short of Churchill in adventure, Cloete now busts loose with the funny story of a journalist who lives it up each day to try to stave off tomorrow.
THE FOUNDING FATHER, by Richard Whalen. This is a book for sidewalk superintendents of man's self-building; from the excavation to the towers, the construction of Joe Kennedy's fabulous fortune and consequent family power is painstakingly detailed.
FRIEDA LAWRENCE, edited by E. W. Tedlock Jr. The letters, essays and memoirs of the great writer's wife show that, while he may have been the prophet of free love on paper, in his life and at home he was an emotional Victorian trying to cope with a flirtatious woman.
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5. Funeral in Berlin, Deighton (5)
6. Hurry Sundown, Gilden
7. This Rough Magic, Stewart (7)
8. Covenant with Death, Becker (9)
9. You Only Live Twice, Fleming (6)
10. Julian, Vidal (10)
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3. The Italians, Barzini (3)
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7. Life with Picasso, Gilot and Lake (8)
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10. The Kennedy Wit, Adler (10)
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