E-grāmata: Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945 2000

James Stourton is an excellent art historian and brilliant storyteller; a heady combination that makes Rogues & Scholars the must-read art book of the year. * Will Gompertz * A perceptive, authoritative and highly readable account of the golden age of the British art market. * Philip Hook * With panache and characteristically elegant penmanship, James Stourton throws open the doors to a riveting chapter in the history of art in which glamorous eccentricities, serious scholarship and a good deal of swindling cohabit... Stourton brings us a gripping and thoroughly researched chronicle of the post-war art market, punctuated with the occasional you couldnt make this up moment. Rogues & Scholars is just as entertaining as it is educational. * Wolf Burchard * Riveting and gossipy -- Laura Freeman * The Times *Books of the Year* * An erudite and authoritative history of the London art market from World War II to our century. Outstanding in its own field, Rogues and Scholars nears Anthony Bourdains tell-all Kitchen Confidential. * New York Times Book Review * Praise for James Stourton's Heritage:

[ A] huge, energetic and tightly written tome on the two-and-half-century history of conservation battles in our homeland... A masterful, dynamic and extremely readable survey of one the major issues of our times. Or all times * Literary Review * It not only covers the conservation and protection of our buildings and landscapes, but also the wider cultural aspects * This England * Compelling and thought-provoking, this book not only explores how Britain's rich and diverse heritage has been conserved (and in some cases destroyed) in the past, but offers a ray of hope for its future * The Observer *