Every highbrow hack, as Evelyn Waugh described Cyril Connolly, is apt to experience an embarrassment of riches when it comes to recommending books for the beach and other seasonal retreats from workaday life. Surveying the bookcase and its shelf of recent titles, this year is very much of a kind
France - Baroque, Enlightenment, Revolution britannica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from britannica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Nieces of Madame De Montespan theatlantic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theatlantic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.