Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity by Edmund Richardson
Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity

Edmund Richardson

Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity

Edmund Richardson

242 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

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Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical pro...

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