Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell

A Study in Royal Patronage and Classical Scholarship

By:

Jason Thompson

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Queenship and Power

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This book explores the relationship between Queen Caroline, one of the most enigmatic characters in Regency England, and Sir William Gell, the leading classical scholar of his day. Despised and rejected by her husband, Caroline created a sphere and court of her own through patronage of scholarship. The primary beneficiary was Gell, a pioneering scholar of the classical world who opened new dimensions in the study of ancient Troy, mainland Greece, and Ithaca. Despite his achievements, Gell had scarce financial resources. Support from Caroline enabled him to establish himself in Italy and conduct his seminal work about ancient Rome and, especially, Pompeii, until her sensational trial before the House of Lords and premature death. Concluding with the first scholarly transcription of the extraordinary series of letters that Caroline wrote to Gell, this volume illuminates how Caroline sought power through patronage, and how Gell shaped classical scholarship in nineteenth-century Britain.

Author Biography:

Jason Thompson is a historian of the British Empire and the author of Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle, A History of Egypt: From Earliest Times to the Present, and most recently, the three-volume Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology.

Release date Australia

January 11th, 2019

Author

Jason Thompson

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019

Illustrations

XXIII, 266 p.

Pages

266

Series

Queenship and Power

ISBN-13

9783030074371

Product ID

31635534

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