The Elgin Affair (ePub)
The True Story of the Greatest Theft in History
(Sprache: Englisch)
Almost two hundred years after they were "purchased from Greece, the finest and most famous marbles of antiquity still remain a burning issue. This compelling, controversial story of the Elgin marbles re-creates in full and colorful detail "the greatest...
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Almost two hundred years after they were "purchased from Greece, the finest and most famous marbles of antiquity still remain a burning issue. This compelling, controversial story of the Elgin marbles re-creates in full and colorful detail "the greatest art theft in history, a steamy tale of obsession, intrigue, adultery, and ruin. As the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte in Constantinople, Lord Elgin encountered in his endeavors some of the most famous names of nineteenth-century history: Napoleon, Sultan Selim III, Lord Nelson, Lord Byron, and Keats. Drawing on original source material-letters, diaries, official government reports, and memoranda, Vrettos brilliantly brings to life these fascinating stories.
Autoren-Porträt von Theodore Vrettos
Theodore Vrettos is the author of several books of fiction and non-fiction, including two earlier works on the Elgin marbles: A Shadow of Magnitude and Lord Elgin's Lady. He lives in Peabody, Massachusetts.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Theodore Vrettos
- 2011, Proprietary, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
- ISBN-10: 1628721804
- ISBN-13: 9781628721805
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2011
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“Vrettos deserves great credit for this meticulous and dramatic historical reconstruction. It is a book we should all read.” —Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried“The romantic and even bizarre circumstances surrounding the appropriation of the Elgin Marbles, down to the unfortunate fates of the principle actors, are thoroughly and fascinatingly set forth by Theodore Vrettos in this melancholy saga of imperial connoisseurship, a tale that belies the end result: the beautiful room in the British Museum.” —John Updike
“The arguments for returning the sculptures from London to Athens have many times been rehearsed, and never better than in The Elgin Affair . . . Excellent.” —The New York Times
“Vrettos shows understanding for Elgin’s achievements and the outrage they produced.” —Los Angeles Times
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