Fonthill Recovered

Fonthill Recovered
Title Fonthill Recovered PDF eBook
Author Caroline Dakers
Publisher UCL Press
Pages 430
Release 2018-05-16
Genre History
ISBN 1787350452

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Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.

A History of Horncastle, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

A History of Horncastle, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Title A History of Horncastle, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time PDF eBook
Author James Conway Walter
Publisher
Pages 242
Release 1908
Genre Horncastle (England)
ISBN

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The Flight of the King

The Flight of the King
Title The Flight of the King PDF eBook
Author Allan Fea
Publisher
Pages 402
Release 1908
Genre
ISBN

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The Print-collector's Handbook

The Print-collector's Handbook
Title The Print-collector's Handbook PDF eBook
Author Alfred Whitman
Publisher
Pages 342
Release 1903
Genre Engraving
ISBN

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The Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts
Title The Royal Academy of Arts PDF eBook
Author Algernon Graves
Publisher
Pages 524
Release 1906
Genre Artists
ISBN

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Alphabets & Numerals

Alphabets & Numerals
Title Alphabets & Numerals PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 98
Release 1904
Genre Alphabets
ISBN

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The School-mistress

The School-mistress
Title The School-mistress PDF eBook
Author William Shenstone
Publisher
Pages 56
Release 1924
Genre English poetry
ISBN

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