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Three extraordinary ambassadors / Harold Acton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acton, Harold, 1904-1994.
- Series:
- Walter Neurath memorial lectures ; 15th.
- 15th of the Walter Neurath memorial lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.
- Wotton, Henry.
- Mann, Horace, Sir, 1701-1786.
- Mann, Horace.
- Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.
- Hamilton, William.
- Ambassadors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Ambassadors.
- British.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Italy.
- Art patrons--Great Britain--Biography.
- Art patrons.
- British--Italy--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 64 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thames and Hudson, 1984, c1983.
- Summary:
- Harold Acton, as an Anglo-American who has spent most of his life in Florence, writes of these men and the Italy of their time with delicate humor and ripe scholarship. All three portraits are extremely entertaining and are supported by an evocative selection of contemporary illustration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0500550158
- OCLC:
- 10869066
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