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Martin Kemp

    March 5, 1942
    Living with Leonardo
    Behind the picture. Art and evidence in the Italian Renaissance
    The Beaulieu Vanishing
    Leonardo 500
    The Da Vinci Notebooks
    Shirlie and Martin Kemp: It's a Love Story
    • 2025

      The Fall

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Johnny Klein is back! The new thriller from the music, film and TV legend. 'Johnny Klein is a great character!' Kimberley Chambers The bigger the star, the harder they fall. Johnny Klein, fallen '80s pop icon, thinks life is finally on the up. He's basking in the luxury of the French Riviera - hoping his worst days are behind him. But when a man falls from a window to his death in London, Jonny is forced to confront the darkest corners of his fame. Thrust into a dangerous game of lies and betrayal, Jonny must uncover a deadly secret, before somebody else dies...

      The Fall
    • 2023

      Secrets. Lies. Murder. Fame can be deadly. A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exhilarating thriller set in London’s East End.

      The Game
    • 2022

      Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all.

      Ticket to the World
    • 2021

      Visions of Heaven

      Dante and the Art of Divine Light

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Focusing on the influence of Dante's concept of divine light, this groundbreaking study by Martin Kemp explores its effects on Renaissance and Baroque visual artists. The work delves into how Dante's imagery shaped the artistic expressions of the time, offering a fresh perspective on the intersection of literature and visual art during these pivotal periods in history.

      Visions of Heaven
    • 2020

      IT'S A LOVE STORY tells the incredible story of Martin and Shirlie Kemp - from the moment they set eyes on each other, through their stellar careers, to raising a family together. The book uncovers the personal highs and lows of Britain's favourite couple, and the unbreakable bond that has kept them strong.

      Shirlie and Martin Kemp: It's a Love Story
    • 2019

      Leonardo 500

      • 303 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death

      Leonardo 500
    • 2018

      Martin Kemp, described by The Times as `the world's leading authority on Leonardo', relates his fifty-year relationship with the most famous artist of all time.

      Living with Leonardo
    • 2017

      Elegantly-produced study. Richard Owen, The Tablet

      Mona Lisa
    • 2015

      The Beaulieu Vanishing

      • 294 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The Beaulieu Vanishing is a new standalone mystery featuring 15th century investigator Francis Cranley, first introduced in The Woodville Connection, May, 1473: Two years after his victory at the Battle of Barnet, Edward IV’s enemies are stepping up their attempts to bring about his downfall. Into this uneasy climate the King’s loyal brother, Richard of Gloucester, despatches Francis Cranley and Sir James Tyrell to Beaulieu Abbey where his mother-in-law, the Countess of Warwick, has been in sanctuary since her husband’s death at Barnet. Tasked with bringing the Countess home to Middleham Castle, they encounter difficulties when the Countess’s young attendant disappears. As he sets out to find her, Cranley uncovers subterfuge, murder and a conspiracy with the potential to unleash mayhem across the land.

      The Beaulieu Vanishing
    • 2015