Fortune's many houses : a Victorian visionary, a noble Scottish family, and a lost inheritance
Welfare, Simon2021
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Here is a unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price. This is a true tale of love and loss, fortune and misfortune.
Main title:
Author:
Welfare, Simon, author
Imprint:
New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Collation:
xiv., 340 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781982128623 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.1081092941.1081941.108
LC class:
DA565.A145
Local class:
F2 GOR920.1
Language:
English
Subject:
Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Gordon, Marchioness of, 1857-1939Aberdeen and Temair, John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Marquess of, 1847-1934Social reformers -- Great Britain -- BiographyPoliticians -- Great Britain -- BiographyGovernors general -- Canada -- BiographyViceroys -- Ireland -- BiographyPoliticians' spouses -- Great Britain -- BiographyGovernors general's spouses -- Canada -- BiographyViceroys' spouses -- Ireland -- BiographyBiographyBiography
BRN:
2829070