Smith, Jonathan

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Sir Alfred Munnings, retiring President of the Royal Academy, chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking, leaving not only his distinguished audience gasping but also the many people tuning in to the BBC…

This novel is a disturbing and moving re-creation of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community enjoying the last days of a golden age soon to be shattered by war. It is a love story of beauty, deprivation and tragedy.

During the 1949 Annual Banquet of the Royal Academy, retiring President Sir Alfred Munnings launches an incoherent and savage attack on modern art--only to stumble on a name that brings back memories of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community where he enjoyed the last days of …

During the 1949 Annual Banquet of the Royal Academy, retiring President Sir Alfred Munnings launches an incoherent and savage attack on modern art--only to stumble on a name that brings back memories of a celebrated Edwardian artistic community where he enjoyed the last days of …