Mistress of the Elgin marbles
Nagel, Susan, 1954-2004
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This is the story of Mary Nisbet, the countess of Elgin. Containing extensive details from primary sources with excerpts from the countess's own letters, the author draws a portrait of the formidable woman who helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the Middle East and financed the removal of classical marbles from the Parthenon.
Main title:
Mistress of the Elgin marbles / Susan Nagel.
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Imprint:
Chichester : Wiley, c2004.
Collation:
xvii, 294 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., facsims., geneal. table, music, plan, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284) and index.
ISBN:
9780470011409 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.07092B ELGB
Local class:
B ELGIN, M N B Countess of920
Language:
English
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BRN:
490124
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