Passionate Patron: The Life of Alexander Hardcastle and the Greek Temples of Agrigento - Brossura

Richardson, Alexandra

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ISBN 10: 1905739281 ISBN 13: 9781905739288

Casa editrice: Archaeopress, 2009

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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. Alexandra Richardson's study of his full and in some ways tragic (he was invalided home from the Boer War with shell shock, and ended his life in an insane asylum in Agrigento) life is detailed, sympathetic and readable. She gives vivid descriptions of the Victorian middle-class society in which he grew up, and his dogged work of excavation in Sicily.

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This book is the labour of years of research and scholarship. In Alexandra Richardson's book, the personality of Alexander Hardcastle comes to life in all its many facets. Her detailed account of the history of Agrigento is historically correct and written in a fluid style. Her descriptions of Sicily are accurate and lyrical, her cameos of Sicilians witty and a pleasure to read. Richardson's rigorous research describes his painful and determined iter from London to Girgenti, his stubborness and his resilience. --Simonetta Agnello Hornby, 'The Almond Picker'

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• Editore: Archaeopress
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1905739281
• ISBN 13: 9781905739288
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 143