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Mistress of the Elgin Marbles - A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
by Nagel, Susan
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0060545542
- ISBN 13
- 9780060545543
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow., 2004 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... Filled with romance, danger, and scandal, this book is the intriguing story of one of the most influential women of the Romantic era whose exploits enriched world culture immeasurably. The richest heiress in Scotland and the wife of accomplished diplomat Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, she traveled to Turkey when Elgin was appointed the Ambassador-Extraordinaire to the Ottoman Empire. Using details from primary sources & excerpts form the countess's own letters, the author draws a vivid portrait of this woman who helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the Middle East, financed the removal and safe passage to England of classical marbles from the Parthenon, and struck a deal with Napoleon that no politician could have accomplished. Accomplishments overshadowed by her affair with her husband's best friend and the most lurid and salacious divorce trial in London's history. 294 p. plates bibliography. index. Remainder mark. else as new..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040967
- Title
- Mistress of the Elgin Marbles - A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
- Author
- Nagel, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st.US Ed..
- ISBN 10
- 0060545542
- ISBN 13
- 9780060545543
- Publisher
- William Morrow.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- MARY NESBIT LORD ELGIN MARBLES GREECE PARTHENON SCULPTURES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Elgin Marbles; Greece 1800-1830 (Independence);
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