Holland House: A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon

by Linda Kelly

Book Overview

Situated in the heart of London's Holland Park are the remains of Holland House-the site of what was once England's most celebrated political salon. In the first thirty years of the nineteenth century -when the Whig party were almost constantly out of office-the home of the third Lord Holland became the unofficial centre of the Opposition. Devoted to the ideals of Charles James Fox-the prominent Whig statesman who was also Lord Holland's uncle-and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780764499
• ISBN13: 9781780764498
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"