Geoffrey Moorhouse yields nothing to Robyn Davidson, whose book he reviews, when it comes to a knowledge of camels: his The Fear-ful Void is an account of a 2000-mile trek across the Sahara.
The focus of Geoffrey Moorhouse’s book is a great church with one of the most recognisable profiles in Europe: Durham Cathedral. The ‘last office’ – ‘office’...
Gallipoli has not lent itself to literature. The First World War on the Western Front has furnished a body of poetry, prose fiction and memoir so substantial, and so distinguished, as to equip...
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