Have just bought an second set of harry Clarke prints from World of Art, and will be back for more. They are very reasonably priced, wonderfully produced and were quickly dispatched, well packaged and arrived in excellent condition. As a Harry Clarke admirer, I am delighted with the prints and highly recommend them. Thank you World of Art!
For those of us who have long awaited a revised and updated version of Nicola Gordon Bowe's acclamed first edition, this is another milestone in the study of Harry Clarke. Wonderfully produced and published by The History Press Ireland. There are significent differences to the 1994 edition that I also have. Nicola Gordon Bowe has added a lot more valuable information on the works of the artist, his techniques, the reception of many of the pieces once they were completed, the background of the time they were created in, including works being created by other artists at the time. Much, of course, can be found in the original editions but be in no doubt, this is a wonderful book to have if you… Read more
'The Heresy of Dr Dee' Phil Rickman's brilliant sequel to 'The Bones of Avalon, is as compulsively readable as its highly-rated predecessor. We get a well written, well-researched, enticing and magnificently crafted tale of murder, corruption, spies and quests, where nothing is what it seems and elements of the supernatural seem to lurk within the shadows of the streets, hills and glens. We learn how one of the most intriguing figures in history faces up to these mysteries and much more, why he came to be the man we know today from history books and biographies, and what a brilliant protagonist he makes in Phil Rickman's hands. Highly recommended - a totally gripping, absorbing and… Read more
