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|author=Jeremy Lewis

|title=David Astor

|rating=4

|genre=Biography

|summary=The name 'David Astor' is familiar to a lot of people: some will remember him as being the middle child of Nancy and Waldorf Astor. Others will know of his family home, Cliveden, either from its influence in the second world war or its notoriety during the Profumo affair in the sixties. I remember him best for his work as the editor of ''The Observer'', but despite being a quietly understated man many will remember the causes he espoused, not all of which, such as his support for the release of moors murderer Myra Hindley, brought him admiration.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099552124</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author= Chris Ould

|summary= For several centuries, much of the ancient and medieval history of Britain was one forged in war as the Celtic peoples took a stand against invasion and oppression. First it was the Romans, then the Saxons, Vikings and Normans, who threatened the unyielding and insular people. This book examines how several tenacious and heroic figures led the Britons and the Welsh against often overwhelming odds.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445658437</amazonuk>

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~~{{newreview~~

~~|author=Steven Savile~~

~~|title=Parallel Lines~~

~~|rating=3.5~~

~~|genre=Crime~~

|summary=Books are full of coincidences, because if they were not, they would be pretty dull. The action takes place during an extraordinary timescale of the characters – the time they were involved in a bank robbery, or their loved one was murdered. People are more likely to read this type of book than one about the time they picked out their new curtains. For the intrigue to happen, links between characters have to be made, but balancing coincidence is tricky. Too little and the characters don't gel, too much and you start to think the book is supernatural. Did Steven Savile get the balance right in ''Parallel Lines''?

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783297913</amazonuk>~~

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