Fonthill Recovered A Cultural History

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Dakers, Caroline (2018) Fonthill Recovered A Cultural History. UCLPress, London. ISBN 978-1-78735-046-5

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Creators:

Dakers, Caroline

Description:

Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is usually associated with the writer and collector William Beckford, who built his Gothic fantasy house Fonthill Abbey at the end of the 18th century. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man's excesses. Beckford's Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early 16th century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished and all of them totally oddly forgotten by historians. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore all of the rich cultural history of this famous estate.

Other Contributors:

Role	Name
Other (chapter 3)	Burton, Neil
Other (chapter 2 & 9)	Roberts, David
Other (chapter 4 & 19)	Frost, Amy
Other (chapter 10)	Wood, Min
Other (chapter 11)	Chapel, Jeannie
Other (chapter 12)	Jenkins, Susan
Other (chapter 13)	Blackmore, Sidney
Other (chapter 14)	Cousins, Michael
Other (chapter 15)	Klein, Lawrence
Other (chapter 16)	Lindfield, Peter
Other (chapter 16)	Townshend, Dale
Other (chapter 17)	Levy, Martin
Other (chapter 18)	Drury, Michael
Other (chapter 20)	Buzwell, Greg