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The Last Stuarts

The Last Stuarts
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London
'James Lees-Milne: The Last Stuarts ' összes példány
Kiadó: Chatto & Windus-The Hogarth Press
Kiadás helye: London
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Kötés típusa: Fűzött kemény papírkötés
Oldalszám: 244 oldal
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Nyelv: Angol  
Méret: 24 cm x 16 cm
ISBN: 0-7011-2720-1
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The Forty-five and the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie form one of the most romantic episodes in our history, and have been the subject of innumerable accounts. Less familiar, but equally fascinating, were the Prince's long and melancholy years of subsequent exile in Rome, in which the handsome, spirited hero of popular myth degenerated into a portly drunkard, im-potently presiding over his miniature court, alienating those who had remained true to the Good Old Cause, and finally being cared for by his illegitimate daughter, whom he created a Duchess. They form a central part of this elegant, marvellously entertaining account of the Stuarts in exile, which takes the story from the flight of James II in 1688 through to the early years of the nineteenth century. The lugubrious Old Pretender; the bewildered Cardinal Duke of York (later the Cardinal King); the unconventional blue-stocking Countess of Albany and her fiery lover, the poet Alfieri: however squalid, intrigue-ridden or... Tovább

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The Forty-five and the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie form one of the most romantic episodes in our history, and have been the subject of innumerable accounts. Less familiar, but equally fascinating, were the Prince's long and melancholy years of subsequent exile in Rome, in which the handsome, spirited hero of popular myth degenerated into a portly drunkard, im-potently presiding over his miniature court, alienating those who had remained true to the Good Old Cause, and finally being cared for by his illegitimate daughter, whom he created a Duchess. They form a central part of this elegant, marvellously entertaining account of the Stuarts in exile, which takes the story from the flight of James II in 1688 through to the early years of the nineteenth century. The lugubrious Old Pretender; the bewildered Cardinal Duke of York (later the Cardinal King); the unconventional blue-stocking Countess of Albany and her fiery lover, the poet Alfieri: however squalid, intrigue-ridden or bizarre their lives in the political hothouse of eighteenth-century Italy, James Lees-Milne tells their stories with his customary wit and learning lightly worn, and the result is a book that combines the narrative dash and anecdotal wealth of a Nancy Mitford with the graceful scholarship of his earlier historical studies. Vissza

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