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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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John Piper
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(1903–92) Artist and author, with a particular interest in English architecture. He was a leading abstract painter in the 1930s, but found his characteristic style during the war in brooding images of bombed and burnt out buildings. These placed him in the rich landscape tradition which he explored in his book British Romantic Painters (1942); he later painted many churches and country houses in the same style. The same interests led him towards stained glass; probably the best known of his many windows is the one in *Coventry Cathedral. In the years after the war he was also busy in the theatre, particularly in collaboration with Benjamin Britten. From The Rape of Lucretia (1946) to Death in Venice (1973) Piper designed the sets for seven Britten operas, three of which had libretti by his wife Myfanwy.
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