John Betjeman: The Biography
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John Betjeman was the best-loved English poet since Tennyson and became an institution - a 'teddy bear to the nation'.
Tento autor sa špecializuje na umenie a dizajn, o čom napísal vyše 20 kníh. Jeho diela sa vyznačujú hlbokým porozumením umeleckých štýlov a historického kontextu, čo čitateľom prináša poučený pohľad na vývoj vizuálneho umenia. Svoje rozsiahle znalosti uplatnil aj v redakčnej práci pre významné publikácie.






John Betjeman was the best-loved English poet since Tennyson and became an institution - a 'teddy bear to the nation'.
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