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Royal Heirs and Royal Airs

REVIEW: 'The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made' by Caroline Hallemann

Royally Screwed

REVIEW: ‘Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor’ by Hugo Vickers

A Book to Sink Your Teeth Into

REVIEW: ‘Hannibal Lecter: A Life’ by Brian Raftery

Rushdie on Death and Dying (While Remaining Alive and Well)

REVIEW: ‘The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories’ by Salman Rushdie

Cold War Interlude

REVIEW: ‘The Predicament’ by William Boyd

Days of Wine and Junkets

REVIEW: 'Empire of the Elite: Inside Condé Nast, the Media Dynasty that Reshaped America' by Michael M. Grynbaum

A Mediocre Meal of a Memoir

REVIEW: ‘I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir’ by Keith McNally

Lorne’s Prime Time

REVIEW: ‘Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live’ by Susan Morrison

Putting the Thrill Back in the Spy Thriller

REVIEW: 'Gabriel's Moon' by William Boyd

Elizabethan Drama

REVIEW: ‘Q: A Voyage Around the Queen’ by Craig Brown