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Art historian Frances Spalding here provides an exuberant and richly illustrated dual biography of artist John Piper and his wife the librettist Myfanwy Piper. Drawing on substantial original research, including many interviews with those who had known or worked with the Pipers,... Read Full Overview

This book is about a shared journey made by John and Myfanwy Piper who early on settled down in a small hamlet on the edge of the Chilterns, whence they proceeded to produce work which placed them centre stage in the cultural landscape of the twentieth century. Here, too, they... Read Full Overview