Paul SparksPAUL SPARKS is a British guitarist, mandolinist, and author of three books for Oxford University Press: The Early Mandolin (1989, with James Tyler), The Classical Mandolin (1995), and The Guitar and its Music (2002, with Tyler). He has also publishedtwo articles in Early Music: 'Clara Ross, Mabel Downing and Ladies' Guitar and Mandolin Bands in late Victorian Britain' (2013), and 'The Mandolin in Britain, 1750-1800' (2018). He has also been a writer and/or producer for many BBC television music documentaries. Read More Read Less