The Exiled Collector: William Bankes and the Making of an English Country House by Anne Sebba

The Exiled Collector: William Bankes and the Making of an English Country House

Anne Sebba

320 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ emotional informative medium-paced
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In August 1841 William Bankes, former Tory MP, pioneer Egyptologist and renowned traveller, was caught in compromising circumstances with a guardsman in London’s Green Park. Faced with the death penalty, he fled to Venice, leaving forever his belo...

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