Fonthill recovered : a cultural history /

Fonthill recovered : a cultural history /

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Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey's tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dakers, Caroline (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : UCL Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Beckford, William, > 1760-1844 > Homes and haunts > England > Wiltshire.
Bickford family.
Fonthill Abbey > History.
Authors, English > Homes and haunts > England > Wiltshire.
Wiltshire (England) > Intellectual life.

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