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The Exiled Collector: William Bankes and the Making of an English Country House by Anne Sebba
$12.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
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. Faced with the death penalty, he fled to exile in Venice, leaving forever his beloved house, Kingston Lacy in Dorset. It ...Show more
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