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Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell, 1st ed. 2019
A Study in Royal Patronage and Classical Scholarship
Queenship and Power Series
Language: EnglishKeywords
Caroline of Brunswick; George IV; Sir William Gell; Regency historiography; The Trial of Queen Caroline; Regency political history; Regency social history; Queen Caroline's letters to Sir William Gell; John Gardner Wilkinson; classical studies; royal patronage; Act of Settlement; classical scholarship
Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell
Publication date: 01-2019
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Publication date: 01-2019
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Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell
Publication date: 10-2018
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Publication date: 10-2018
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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.
I. A Princess and Her Chamberlain.- 1. Princess Caroline.- 2. Sir William Gell.- 3. A Princess and Her Chamberlain.- 4. Sir William Gell in Italy.- 5. Caroline's Adventures.- 6. The Trial of Queen Caroline.- 7. Sir William Gell's Later Years.- II. Queen Caroline's Letters to Sir William Gell.- 8. The Letters.
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.
Presents the first scholarly transcription of Queen Caroline’s letters to Sir William Gell Offers the first substantial study of Sir William Gell and his scholarly achievements Appeals to scholars of Regency political and cultural history, classical studies, and gender studies
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