Grandson of an attainted Jacobite, the last Earl of Seaforth climbed volcanoes with William Hamilton and entertained young Mozart in Naples while on the Grand Tour. His marriage to a fashionable courtesan painted by Reynolds did him no lasting good, and he declined into drink and debt before dying at sea. Another gem from this wonderful maverick author/publisher.
GIMCRACK: A Rake’s Progress
£24
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True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe 1780-1870
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This book was in our summer catalogue but we include it (exceptionally) in the present one too because it is outstanding. As in her 'Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire' (200... read more
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
Hardback £30.00