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Half-Wrecked

Mary Beard

  • John Soane: An Accidental Romantic by Gillian Darley
  • John Soane, Architect: Master of Space and Light by Margaret Richardson and Mary-Anne Stevens
  • Sir John Soane and the Country Estate by Ptolemy Dean

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Mary Beard is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge and classics editor of the TLS. Her books include a Life of Jane Ellen Harrison and The Parthenon.

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