The Book at War : Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict Painting & art manuals over the last century

over the last century

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we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly remade and reasserted

in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story

The Book at War : Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict Painting & art manuals over the last centuryAuthor: Pettegree, Andrew Literary studies: general Published on 1 August 2024 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 480 pages, 16PP section colourb&w integrated images 129 x 198 x 32 398g 'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable [a] tour de force' David KynastonChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare,