Our selection of must-reads in non-fiction for the cosmopolitan reader.
£295.00
This Collection Includes:
Francis Bacon - Michael Peppiatt
A new selection of letters, statements and interviews reveal the preoccupations, thoughts and ideas of Francis Bacon.
Thunderclap - Laura Cumming
A beautifully illustrated new memoir of a life in art, a father and daughter, and what a shared love of a painting can come to mean.
All that Glitters - Orlando Whitfield
A sparklingly sharp memoir of greed, ambition and madness, All That Glitters will take you to the heart of the contemporary art world, a place wilder and wealthier than you could ever imagine.
Mortal Secrets - Frank Tallis
A chronicle of Vienna's Golden Age and the influence of Sigmund Freud on the modern world.
The Artist’s Journey - Travis Elborough
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s most famous painters in this fascinating work about travel and the art it inspires.
Ian Fleming: The Complete Man - Nicholas Shakespeare
A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.
Izabela the Valiant - Adam Zamoyski
The turbulent history of Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries is told through the long life of one intrepid aristocrat.
Rural Hours - Harriet Baker
A superb portrait of the complex imprint the countryside makes on the mind, shown through the experiences of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann.
The Avant-Gardists - Sjeng Scheijen
A fascinating narrative biography of the art movement that transformed the modern world, tracing the lives and activities of the key protagonists as they set about a revolution in art in the Soviet Union.
The Book of Secrets - Xinran Xue
The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them.
The Rebel’s Clinic - Adam Shatz
A searing biography of the short and harrowing life of Frantz Fanon, and a brilliant, nuanced exploration of his ideas.
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