Lives of the Poets & Artists

Biographies and memoirs of the great makers — the painters, poets, and composers, told by those who knew them or studied them closely.

The people behind the masterpieces

In this collection

• Shelley
• Kisses in the Train
• With the Empress Dowager of China
• Sir Henry Bessemer
• Winning the Victoria Cross
• To Toussaint L'Ouverture
• Ben Jonson
• John E. Bruce
• The what and the how in Art
• Milton
• Caedwalla
• Salute to Adventurers
• A True Story
• The Cathedral of Canterbury
• A Royal Poet
• The Old Professional
• Merely the Patient
• Song of the Pen
• The Spirit of American Sculpture

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