Fonthill Recovered

by Caroline Dakers

Book Overview

Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey's tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man's excesses. Beckford's Abbey is only one of several important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013291026
• ISBN13: 9781013291029
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"