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William Beckford novelist Wikipedia ~ William Beckford novelist William Thomas Beckford 1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844 was an English novelist a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art a critic travel writer and sometime politician reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England
William Beckford British writer Britannica ~ William Beckford eccentric English dilettante author of the Gothic novel Vathek 1786 Such writers as George Gordon Lord Byron and Stéphane Mallarmé acknowledged his genius He also is renowned for having built Fonthill Abbey the most sensational building of the English Gothic Revival
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The Life And Letters Of William Beckford Of Fonthill By ~ Download The Life And Letters Of William Beckford Of Fonthill By Lewis Melville ebook for free in pdf and ePub Format The Life And Letters Of William Beckford Of Fonthill By Lewis Melville also available in format docx and mobi Read The Life And Letters Of William Beckford Of Fonthill By Lewis Melville online read in mobile or Kindle
The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill By ~ The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill By Lewis Melville by Melville Lewis 18741932 Storer James 17711853 Publication date 1910 Topics Beckford William 17601844 Publisher London Heinemann Collection robarts toronto Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor Robarts University of Toronto Language English
William Thomas Beckford Wikiquote ~ William Thomas Beckford September 29 1760 – May 2 1844 was an English novelist travel writer artcollector and bestknown work is the oriental romance Vathek it was written in French reputedly in the space of three days and two nights
William Beckford politician Wikipedia ~ William Beckford baptised 19 December 1709 – 21 June 1770 was a wellknown political figure in 18thcentury London who twice held the office of Lord Mayor of London 1762 and 1769 His vast wealth came largely from his plantations in Jamaica and the large numbers of slaves working on these plantations
Alderman William Beckford UCL ~ William Pitt was godfather to William Thomas Beckford William died on 21 June 1770 on his way from Fonthill to London A statue was commissioned in his memory to be placed in the Guildhall where it remains today William Beckford of Britain Esquire Estate probated in Jamaica in 1774
William Beckford The Fool of Fonthill ~ Princess Carathis based upon Beckfords mother is a witch who is always mixing the powder of Egyptian mummies with frogs warts and running up and down the palace casting evil spells much as she did in real life
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