Anthony Bailey is the author of two studies of Rembrandt and a full-length life of Turner. For many years he was a writer for The New Yorker. He was born in Portsmouth and studied history at Oxford University. His many books include a novel, Major Andre, and two much-acclaimed memoirs, America, Lost & Found and England, First & Last. He lives in Greenwich.

"A delightful compilation of oblique reflections and partial views, bringing Vermeer to life through the place and the time in which he worked" The Times "Engaging and highly readable" Daily Telegraph "Bailey carries us back into the daily life and atmosphere of seventeenth-century Delft" Economist

Anthony Bailey is the author of two studies of Rembrandt and a full-length life of Turner. For many years he was a writer for The New Yorker. He was born in Portsmouth and studied history at Oxford University. His many books include a novel, Major Andre, and two much-acclaimed memoirs, America, Lost & Found and England, First & Last. He lives in Greenwich.

"A delightful compilation of oblique reflections and partial views, bringing Vermeer to life through the place and the time in which he worked" The Times "Engaging and highly readable" Daily Telegraph "Bailey carries us back into the daily life and atmosphere of seventeenth-century Delft" Economist

Anthony Bailey is the author of two studies of Rembrandt and a full-length life of Turner. For many years he was a writer for The New Yorker. He was born in Portsmouth and studied history at Oxford University. His many books include a novel, Major Andre, and two much-acclaimed memoirs, America, Lost & Found and England, First & Last. He lives in Greenwich.

"A delightful compilation of oblique reflections and partial views, bringing Vermeer to life through the place and the time in which he worked" The Times "Engaging and highly readable" Daily Telegraph "Bailey carries us back into the daily life and atmosphere of seventeenth-century Delft" Economist