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

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 for ever his beloved house, Kingston Lacy in Dorset. His only enduring passion in exile was designing, commissioning and collecting for the house he loved, but was able to visit only in secret at the end of his life. William Bankes's personal tragedy has been posterity's gain, for Kingston Lacy is now regarded as one of England's most remarkable country houses.

ANNE SEBBA

Paperback

320 pages, 8 pages colour plates, full colour cover

ISBN 978-1-904-34967-9


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