Turner

A pleasure to read. -- A.S. Byatt * Sunday Express *
Hamilton's life gives us a real person ... comprehensibly human and belonging clearly in the England of his time. -- Duncan Macmillan * Scotsman *
Hamilton writes ... with gusto, bringing Turner to vivid three-dimensional life. * The Times *
Turner was a phenomenon, a one-man artistic revolution whose energy can be felt through the pages of this inspiring biography. -- Alan Judd * Daily Telegraph *
Hamilton's readable, unshowy life ... excellent. -- Philip Hensher * Mail on Sunday *
An excellent biography - revealing on the life, perceptive on the art. * Independent on Sunday *
Admirably clear -- Desmond Shawe-Taylor * Observer *
A richly detailed biography . . . Hamilton maintains a steady course between academic respectability and an allowance for the drama and poignancy so clearly central to an accurate portrait of the subject * Los Angeles Times *
Very satisfying . . . detailed, judicious and confidently grounded in the period * Washington Post *
Lively * New Yorker *
Well researched and fluidly written * New York Review of Books *
With splendid clarity and shrewd humour, James Hamilton evokes the visceral world of a great artist and a fascinating character. * Mike Leigh *