The Elgin Affair: The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the Passions it Aroused
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 1559704578 / Publisher: Arcade Publishing, November 1998
Describes the theft in 1800 of Greek sculptures from the Parthenon by British ambassador Lord Elgin, and the long battle between Greece and England for their ownership
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Recounts the nineteenth-century abduction of the Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek statues that now reside in the British Museum, in a story that features Napoleon, Lady Hamilton, Lord Byron, Keats, and other famous figures.
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