Born in 1776 in East Anglia near the river Stour, John Constable was destined for his father's business of milling and grain-shipping. But he was obdurately opposed to this and persuaded his family he should become an artist instead. In the same determined spirit, he wooed Maria Bicknell in the teeth of opposition from her formidable grandfather, and persisted in painting landscapes at a time when history paintings and portraits were the fashion.Sometimes sharp and sarcastic, and o...

How far would you go to take revenge?When Sol Nemo, a rich but mentally troubled private investigator, learns of the kidnap of the wife of the man who’s been like a father to him, he responds instinctively to the callfor help. But, unfortunately, Sol’s bargained without the betrayal of his trust and the life-threatening consequences that follow.So begins this intriguing tale of murder and revenge set against the backdrop of South Africa’s breathtaking lands...

A fresh and lively biography of the revolutionary landscape painter John Constable.John Constable, who captured the landscapes and skies of southern England in a way never before seen on canvas, is beloved but little-understood artist.His paintings reflect visions of landscape that shocked and perplexed his contemporaries: attentive to detail, spontaneous in gesture, brave in their use of color. His landscapes show that he had sharp local knowledge of the e...

‘I have so enjoyed your books and love reading those which are set in South Africa. You know South Africa very well and have got right under its skin.’J E S HartMoti’s a big wheel in Port Elizabeth and that’s not just because the suits who run City Hall hang on his every word. But Moti’s got a problem. His not-so-favourite son-in-law has gone AWOL. And that matters because his daughter is distraught, or so he tells rich but mentally troubled PI Sol...

On the south bank of the Thames, outside the jurisdiction of the ancient City of London, Bankside has long been known as a hotbed of creativity, dissent and loose living. With its brothels and bear-pits, its prisons and its pubs, the area has inspired the nation's greatest writers - Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, Keats and Blake - and been home to its most famous theatres - the Globe, The Rose, The Old Vic and the National. These same south London streets have given sanctuary to immigrants...

Celebrated for his iconic depictions of the English countryside, particularly his beloved Stour valley, John Constable helped raise the status of landscape painting. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Constable’s collected paintings in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delph...

“Nei dipinti della vecchia scuola, gli alberi hanno stile; sono eleganti, ma privi di verità. Constable, al contrario, ha la verità di uno specchio; ma vorrei che lo specchio fosse posto davanti a uno scenario splendido, come l’imboccatura della valle della Grande-Chartreuse, vicino a Grenoble, e non davanti a un carro di fieno che attraversa a guado un canale d’acqua stagnante.” Così Sthendal commentava per il Journal de Paris, il 24 ottobre 1824, l’arte di Constable.

“I was born a Goose of Southwark by the Grace of Mary Overie,Whose Bishop gives me licence to sin within The Liberty.In Bankside stews and taverns you can hear me honk right daintily,As I unlock the hidden door, unveil the Secret History.”The Liberty of the Clink dates back to 1107 when the Bishop of Winchester was granted a stretch of the Southwark Bankside, which lay outside the law of the City of London. Here, the Bishop controlled the brothels, or stews. The whores of The Liber...

Includes the plays; Black Mas, Iceman, The False Hairpiece, and Dead Man's Handle.Four darkly mysterious plays with a shamanic theme by one of Britain’s most offbeat playwrights.

This is Volume 10 of a collection of ten of the selected works of I.A. This volume presents a selection of contemporary criticism discussing those of Richards’ works published between 1919 and 1938.

This is Volume 2 of ten the selected works of I.A. Richards from 1919 to 1938. This book is a study of the difficulties and the influence of language upon thought and the study of that influence, a new avenue of approach to traditional problems hitherto regarded as reserved for the philosopher and the metaphysician, has been found.

  John Constable was English artist, positioned with Turner as one of the greatest British landscape painters. His most excellent paintings are of the places Constable knew, mainly Suffolk and Hampstead, where he lived. He worked broadly in the open air, drawing and sketching, but his finished pictures were produced in the studio. Often completing primary sketches previous to beginning a canvas, Constable would draw and try to capture a moment in occasion, testing the ...