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by Lawrence Gowing

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Vermeer

by Lawrence Gowing

Recommendations from our site

Other books by Lawrence Gowing

Turner: Imagination and Reality by Lawrence Gowing

Our most recommended books

Supermac by DR Thorpe

Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England by John A Watkins

Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action by Dennis Dalton

Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes

Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett

Atticus by Cornelius Nepos & Nicholas Horsfall

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Turner: Imagination and Reality
by Lawrence Gowing

Supermac
by DR Thorpe

Representing Elizabeth in Stuart England
by John A Watkins

Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action
by Dennis Dalton

Camera Lucida
by Roland Barthes

Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen
by Giles Tremlett

Atticus
by Cornelius Nepos & Nicholas Horsfall