Mistress of the Elgin Marbles - A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin

Zusatztext "Absorbing...required reading for anyone interested in cultural history as well as the art of biography." Informationen zum Autor Susan Nagel is the author of a critically acclaimed book on the novels of Jean Giraudoux. She has written for the stage, the screen, scholarly journals, the Gannett newspaper chain, and Town & Country . A professor in the humanities department of Marymount Manhattan College, she lives in New York City. Klappentext The remarkable Mary Nisbet was the Countess of Elgin in Romantic-era Scotland and the wife of the seventh Earl of Elgin. When Mary accompanied her husband to diplomatic duty in Turkey, she changed history. She helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the Middle East, struck a seemingly impossible deal with Napoleon, and arranged the removal of famous marbles from the Parthenon. But all of her accomplishments would be overshadowed, however, by her scandalous divorce. Drawing from Mary's own letters, scholar Susan Nagel tells Mary's enthralling, inspiring, and suspenseful story in vibrant detail. Zusammenfassung The remarkable Mary Nisbet was the Countess of Elgin in Romantic-era Scotland and the wife of the seventh Earl of Elgin. When Mary accompanied her husband to diplomatic duty in Turkey! she changed history. She helped bring the smallpox vaccine to the Middle East! struck a seemingly impossible deal with Napoleon! and arranged the removal of famous marbles from the Parthenon. But all of her accomplishments would be overshadowed! however! by her scandalous divorce. Drawing from Mary's own letters! scholar Susan Nagel tells Mary's enthralling! inspiring! and suspenseful story in vibrant detail.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Nagel, Nagel Susan
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2005
• EAN: 9780060545550
• ISBN: 978-0-06-054555-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Europe, Biography: general, Ottoman Empire, Memoirs, Turkey, History of Art, Biography: royalty, Middle Eastern history, Individual artists, art monographs, Performance Art, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, ART: History / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Royalty, HISTORY: Essays, ART: Performance, HISTORY: Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, ART: European