Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World
by Jacqueline Yallop
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- ISBN 13
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The rivetingly bizarre stories of the passionate and eccentric Victorian collectors who braved war zones, revolutions, thieves and auction rooms to amass the great collections of nineteenth-century England.During the Victorian age, British collectors were among the most active, passionate and eccentric in the world. Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves tells the stories of some of the nineteenth century's most intriguing collectors following their perilous journeys across the globe in the hunt for rare and beautiful objects; From art connoisseur John Charles Robinson, to the aristocratic scholar Charlotte Schreiber, who ransacked Europe for treasure, and from London's fashionable Pre-Raphaelite circle to pioneering Orientalists in Beijing, Jacqueline Yallop plunges us into the cut-throat world of the Victorian mania for collecting.
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- Title
- Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves: How the Victorians Collected the World
- Author
- Jacqueline Yallop
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1843547511
- ISBN 13
- 9781843547518
- Publisher
- Atlantic
- This edition first published
- 2012-05-01
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