R4x 14:45 GMTBBC BLURB: Anton Lesser reads Martin Gayford's account of the early career of John Constable and his long battle to win the hand of his future wife, Maria Bicknell, based on correspondence between the pair.
Outstanding biography of Van Gogh and Gauguin, focused on their nine weeks as housemates in the Provencal town of Arles. Some reviewers have complained about the author's "tangents," but I saw these as providing valuable background to occurrence during the target period.Both Gauguin and Van Gogh we...
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