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The Hermitage The Biography of a Great Museum

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The Hermitage was founded by Catherine the Great in 1764 to house her collection of paintings and antiquities. It survived the Revolution, and to it were added great confiscated art collections formerly in private hands.

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Pimlico

Pimlico

Established in 1991 Pimlico has become leading paperback publisher of specialised, award-winning, high-end non-fiction. Areas of interest cover Politics, for example Bernard Donohue?s Downing Street Diaries Art, such as John Richardson?s prize-winning biography of Picasso Biography, for example Norman Sherry?s 3-part acclaimed biography of Graham Greene, and History, with authors such as Gillian Tindall, Charles Freeman and Anthony Read. Readable, informative, entertaining and important, Pimlico ? with its easily recognizable spines and innovative design ? publishes books that matter.

Book information

ISBN: 9780712665919
Publisher: Pimlico
Imprint: Pimlico
Pub date:
DEWEY: 708.721
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 386
Weight: 551g
Height: 234mm
Width: 157mm

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