Eccentrics: The Great and the Good

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Aubrey and Auberon Herbert, the Sibthorpe Brothers, Lady Hester Stanhope and Edward Lear all feature, among many others, in this celebration of the Eccentric: extraordinary characters that have brightened up the historical scene in Britain for several hundred years. Whether running for President, sneaking into the Army with one eye, being offered foreign crowns, or building fantasy pleasure palaces only to have them fall down around their ears, the individuals gracing these pages have all greatly enlivened the ...
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Aubrey and Auberon Herbert, the Sibthorpe Brothers, Lady Hester Stanhope and Edward Lear all feature, among many others, in this celebration of the Eccentric: extraordinary characters that have brightened up the historical scene in Britain for several hundred years. Whether running for President, sneaking into the Army with one eye, being offered foreign crowns, or building fantasy pleasure palaces only to have them fall down around their ears, the individuals gracing these pages have all greatly enlivened the British reputation for eccentricity. Disdaining to abide by the conventions and limitations of the societies in which they lived, John Jolliffe's eccentrics share one characteristic: the ability to live to the full. In a world where pressure to conform grows increasingly urgent, John Jolliffe's eclectic collection of characters featured in Eccentrics, serves as a reminder that without a little nonconformity life can grow drab and grey.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780715630501
  • Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
  • Publication date: 5/28/2002
  • Pages: 184
  • Product dimensions: 6.12 (w) x 9.68 (h) x 0.81 (d)

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John Jolliffe is the author of the history of Duckworth: Woolf at the Door: 100 Years of Bloomsbury Behavior and has edited many other journals and collections. He lives in Great Britain.
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1. Charles and Richard Sibthorpe 7
2. Charles Waterton 17
3. Aubrey and Auberon Herbert 23
4. John Christie of Glyndebourne 47
5. William Beckford 53
6. William Blake 67
7. Sir George Sitwell 79
8. Lady Hester Stanhope 93
9. Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear 121
10. Victoria Woodhull Martin 145
11. Sir Iain Moncreiffe and Sir Humphry Wakefield 167
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