"Forget what you knew, or thought you knew, about Kempe! Adrian Barlow's reexamination of the life, art and work of Charles Eamer Kempe and his circle is a masterful exercise in biography and art history."Dr Jasmine Allen, Curator, The Stained Glass Museum, Ely"This is a timely and long-awaited study of the work of C.E. Kempe and his successor company, not only in stained glass but within a wider context of later 19th and early 20th century design and the Arts and Crafts movement. Its illustrations draw attention to the consistently high quality of the firm's work and the informative text should put its reputation where it properly belongs, equal to and sometimes even above its contemporary rivals."Dr Donald Buttress, LVO, OBE, Surveyor Emeritus of Westminster Abbey'Adrian Barlow's book is a scholarly biography of the outstanding and prolific stained-glass artist Charles Kempe.'Goodall, John, Country Life, pg92, 9th January 2019'One comes away with a sense of the shape of Kempe's life, an interesting set of insights into his working methods, and, above all, the sense that he's a considerable artist.' 'Adrian Barlow's Kempe will send people back to the work, with much more background knowledge, with a clearer understanding of how his big Victorian studio worked, and, above all, with new enthusiasm and new eyes.

'- Phillip Wilk, 'Into the Light', English Buildings, 29 November 2018"This book is invaluable for the way in which it adds significantly to our understanding of the man, the studio, the works and the era"- Jonathan Evens, Artway.eu, http://www.artway.eu/content.php?id=2704&lang=en&action=sho.