Author: Harold ActonPublisher: Methuen Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
The Bourbons of Naples, 1734-1825
Author: Harold ActonPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571249015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Naples is one of Europe's most fascinating cities and the ruling dynasty which left its mark more than any other was that of the Bourbons, who arrived in 1734 and were only displaced by the Unification of Italy in 1870. Before that time Naples was the largest of the Italian kingdoms and, with Pompeii and Vesuvius as its main attractions, it drew hundreds of aristocratic travellers and visitors in the 18th century. The city also attracted the armies of revolutionary France and the royal family escaped to Sicily thanks to Admiral Nelson. The Bourbons of Naples was welcomed as a masterpiece at the time of first publication in 1956, and was chosen by Sir Osbert Sitwell as his book of the year. Sir Harold Acton (1904-1994) - famous aesthete and historian - brings 18th-century Naples vividly to life, with unforgettable characters such as Lady Hamilton and Nelson, royal eccentrics and plenty of court intrigue. 'An elaborate comedy of manners played out over 700 pages.' The Times
The Last Bourbons of Naples (1825-1861).
Author: Harold ActonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The Bourbons of Naples
Author: Harold ActonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naples (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 731
Book Description
Observations on a pamphlet entitled The Bourbons of Naples; to which are added the reflections of a Neapolitan. Translated from the French. (Reflections of a Neapolitan on a memorial, bearing the title of Observations on a pamphlet, entitled The Bourbons of Naples.).
Author: House of BOURBONModern Naples
Author: John SantorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Sources include narrative histories, travelers' accounts and diaries; urban descriptions and analyses; letters, newspaper and magazine articles; interviews and surveys; oral histories; official narrative, statistical reports and legislation; political oratory; fiction, poetry, music, urban planning, architecture, and the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Nelson at Naples
Author: Jonathan NorthPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445679388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The forgotten crime of England's greatest hero, Nelson, in the midst of his affair with Lady Hamilton.
Naples Declared
Author: Benjamin TaylorPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101589078
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
It is a city of seemingly irreconcilable opposites, simultaneously glorious and ghastly. And it is Ben Taylor’s remarkable ability to meld these contradictions into a whole that makes this the exciting and original book it is. He takes his stroll around the bay with the acute sensitivity of a lover, the good humor of a friend, and the wisdom of a seeker who has immersed himself in all aspects of this contrapuntal culture. His curiosity leads him to many byways, both real and metaphoric, and his passion for this ancient city and its people becomes, in his graceful prose and amusing anecdotes, irresistibly contagious.
Observations on a Pamphlet, entitled the Bourbons of Naples; to which are added the reflections of a Neapolitan. Translated from the French
Author: The Betrayal of the Duchess
Author: Maurice SamuelsPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541645464
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power and revolution. The year was 1832, a cholera pandemic raged, and the French royal family was in exile, driven out by yet another revolution. From a drafty Scottish castle, the duchesse de Berry -- the mother of the eleven-year-old heir to the throne -- hatched a plot to restore the Bourbon dynasty. For months, she commanded a guerilla army and evaded capture by disguising herself as a man. But soon she was betrayed by her trusted advisor, Simon Deutz, the son of France's Chief Rabbi. The betrayal became a cause célèbre for Bourbon loyalists and ignited a firestorm of hate against France's Jews. By blaming an entire people for the actions of a single man, the duchess's supporters set the terms for the century of antisemitism that followed. Brimming with intrigue and lush detail, The Betrayal of the Duchess is the riveting story of a high-spirited woman, the charming but volatile young man who double-crossed her, and the birth of one of the modern world's most deadly forms of hatred. !--EndFragment--
Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Eloisa DoderoPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004399100
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the “Neapolitan marbles” and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion.