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

Anne Sebba

308 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ emotional informative medium-paced
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On August 30th 1841 William John Bankes, former Tory MP, pioneer Egyptologist and renowned traveller, was caught in compromising circumstances with a guardsman in London's Green Park. Bankes paid a heavy price for his 'moment of madness': less tha...

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