Beckford of Fonthill / Brian Fothergill.

Main entry:

Fothergill, Brian.

Title & Author:

Beckford of Fonthill / Brian Fothergill.

Publication:

London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1979.

Description:

387 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-380) and index.
Inheritance -- Solitary childhood -- Education of an heir -- Switzerland -- Wayward passions -- Grand Tour -- Venice versus Naples -- Prelude to the Halls of Eblis -- A strange exotic animal -- The caliph -- Marriage -- Honeymoon -- Scandal -- Exile -- Portugal -- The wall -- Paris and revolution -- The wanderer -- Unavailing diplomacy -- The abbey -- Crimson and gold -- Man of taste -- Within the barrier wall -- Fonthill sold -- Bath -- The aging egotist -- The last initiation.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

057110794X
9780571107940

Subject:

Beckford, William, 1760-1844.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 Homes and haunts England Wiltshire.
Beckford, William, 1760-1844. Biography.
Beckford, William 1760-1844
Beckford, William (Schriftsteller)
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 Biography.
Authors, English 18th century Biography.
Authors, English Homes and haunts England Wiltshire.
Eccentrics and eccentricities Great Britain Biography.
Art Collectors and collecting Great Britain Biography.
Travelers Great Britain Biography.
Écrivains anglais 18e siècle Biographies.
Art Collectionneurs et collections Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Voyageurs Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Art Collectors and collecting.
Authors, English.
Authors, English Homes and haunts.
Eccentrics and eccentricities.
Homes.
Intellectual life.
Travelers.
Biografie
Eccentrics and eccentricities England Biography.
Wiltshire (England) Intellectual life.
Wiltshire (England) Biography.
Wiltshire (Angleterre) Vie intellectuelle.
Wiltshire (Angleterre) Biographies.
England Wiltshire.
Great Britain.
English literature Beckford, William Biographies

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 140313
Call No.: ID:85-B25924
Status: Available

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