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The Last Stuarts; British Royalty in Exile
by Lees-Milne, James
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0684181479
- ISBN 13
- 9780684181479
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [1], 244, [4] pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Bookplate inside front cover. Some edge spotting. (George) James Henry Lees-Milne (6 August 1908 - 28 December 1997) was an English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer. In 1936 Lees-Milne was appointed secretary of the Country Houses Committee of the National Trust. He held the position until 1950, apart from a period of military service from 1939 to 1941. The story of Bonnie Prince Charlie is a romantic episode in British history and has been the subject of innumerable accounts. Less familiar, but equally fascinating, are the Prince's later, melancholy years of exile in Rome, in which the handsome, spirited hero of popular myth degenerated into a drunkard, 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. They form a central part of this elegant, 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; the unconventional bluestocking 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.--From publisher description.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Last Stuarts; British Royalty in Exile
- Author
- Lees-Milne, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing [Stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0684181479
- ISBN 13
- 9780684181479
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Charlotte Albany, Vittorio Alfieri, Young Pretender, Henry Benedict, Old Pretender, Stolberg-Gedern, Horace Mann, Walkinshaw, James II, Stuart Family, Scotland
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