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Passionate Patron: THe Life of Alexander Hardcastle
Alexandra Richardson
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Description for Passionate Patron: THe Life of Alexander Hardcastle
Paperback. Alexander Hardcastle's name is little known today, especially in comparison with such figures as Howard Carter and Arthur Evans, but his archaeological work in Sicily and Etruria deserves to be ranked with theirs. Num Pages: 142 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: BG; HD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 169 x 240 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
In this account, Alexandra Richardson reveals (as she says in her introduction) her quest to get to know a ‘remarkable man who wholly dedicated his later life and finances to restoring and excavating what is surely one of the finest classical Greek sites in the Western Mediterranean. I rapidly began to be drawn in to the sketchy, sometimes speculative, details surrounding the remarkable Captain Hardcastle…I thought back to his unlit villa beside the theatrically shining temples, and the more I got to know the man, the more it seemed entirely in keeping with his personality that his former home should ... Read more
In this account, Alexandra Richardson reveals (as she says in her introduction) her quest to get to know a ‘remarkable man who wholly dedicated his later life and finances to restoring and excavating what is surely one of the finest classical Greek sites in the Western Mediterranean. I rapidly began to be drawn in to the sketchy, sometimes speculative, details surrounding the remarkable Captain Hardcastle…I thought back to his unlit villa beside the theatrically shining temples, and the more I got to know the man, the more it seemed entirely in keeping with his personality that his former home should ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Archaeopress Archaeology
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
284g
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905739288
SKU
V9781905739288
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Ref
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Reviews for Passionate Patron: THe Life of Alexander Hardcastle
‘In her book, Richardson concludes: “Disgorged by an army of buses, over 650,000 visitors stream through the gates of the Valley of the Temples every year. The townspeople there have an even more enduring spectacle before them every single night of their lives: as the sun goes down over Agrigento and the breath-taking lights are switched on, illuminating column after ... Read more