Nikolaus Pevsner by Susie Harries
The definitive biography, based on exclusive access to diaries and personal papers, as well as the archive of Pevsner's landmark series, The Buildings of England.
This is a biographical masterpiece that shows how the life of one man can become a prism through which can be read the stories of both England and Germany in the 20th century..[Harries] book is of infinite value -- Alexandra Harris * New Statseman *
A biography almost as comprehensive as the BofE [Buildings of England] itself...It's been worth the 20 year wait -- Matthew Bell * Independent on Sunday *
What Harries brings to the table is the most intimate portrait of Pevsner yet -- Hugh Pearman * Sunday Times *
This is not just a fair-minded biography, but also an impressive and comprehensive one. An enormous one too... even the obsessives will discover new things -- Harry Mount * Spectator *
Magnificent...in Susie Harries's hands, Pevsner's story unlocks a vitally important chapter in 20th-century history...told with warmth, lucidity and wit * Art Quarterly *
A biography almost as comprehensive as the BofE [Buildings of England] itself...It's been worth the 20 year wait -- Matthew Bell * Independent on Sunday *
What Harries brings to the table is the most intimate portrait of Pevsner yet -- Hugh Pearman * Sunday Times *
This is not just a fair-minded biography, but also an impressive and comprehensive one. An enormous one too... even the obsessives will discover new things -- Harry Mount * Spectator *
Magnificent...in Susie Harries's hands, Pevsner's story unlocks a vitally important chapter in 20th-century history...told with warmth, lucidity and wit * Art Quarterly *
Susie Harries is a writer specializing in culture, history and the arts. Born in 1951 in London, where she now lives with her husband Meirion and their two sons, she read classics and classical philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge, and St Anne's College, Oxford. She has co-authored seven books with her husband, including major works on twentieth-century arts:The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (1981), The War Artists (1983) and A Pilgrim Soul: a Life of Elisabeth Lutyens (1989). She has also written for the Independent and reviewed books on the arts for the Times Literary Supplement.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780701168391 |
| ISBN 10 | 0701168390 |
| Title | Nikolaus Pevsner |
| Author | Susie Harries |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
| Prizes | Joint winner of Wolfson History Prize 2011 |
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