All For LoveShe was a princess, the daughter of King Leopold II of the Belgians, the wife of a prince, and a familiar figure in the court of the aged Emperor, Franz Joseph of Austria Hungary. Her lover was second lieutenant Gza Mattachich. Ten years younger than the princess, a dashing figure in his fitted tunic and shiny boots, he was an unknown, undistinguished, unmoneyed subaltern: a man of dubious origin and extravagant ambition. Ahead of them both lay

and her father will not let her marry just anyone

tender and sad

because Eve is a murderess

Mordecai Ledbury

If you thought bookshops were a safe haven at Christmas - think again

Where is a man to hide his bones when he is yet alive

and finally as Chief Security Officer for General Van Fleet in Greece

a few days after having lunch with an 'old comrade' whom he suspected of having been recruited by the Americans

the incidents and atmosphere Saylor generates are spot-on

this volume is essential reading for anyone seriously interested in modern poetry after T

Marmion is on the trail of the burglars

Charles soon finds himself being drawn into the bitter battle being waged over the poet's literary legacy