Remembering Shelley at Elcot Park At Elcot Park, the Shelley family cherished the memory of a brilliant mind and tragic life. Lady Elizabeth bought the Retreat at Elcot Park in 1844. Her son, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, drowned […]
Remembering Shelley at Elcot Park At Elcot Park, the Shelley family cherished the memory of a brilliant mind and tragic life. Lady Elizabeth bought the Retreat at Elcot Park in 1844. Her son, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, drowned […]
A Royal Visit at Great Fosters Elizabeth I’s 1598 crest adorns the entryway of Great Fosters and likely marks the year when the queen visited. In the summer, she and her court toured the English countryside for months at a […]
Fighting for Polish Independence from the Rubens at the Palace Even in the luxurious enclave of the Rubens, high society fêtes had no place during World War II. In the hotel rooms where debutantes had pinned their hair and chosen […]
A Bluestocking’s Refuge: An Early Feminist’s Salons at the Royal Crescent “I never invite idiots to my house,” quipped Elizabeth Montagu. She invited only the brightest minds to the intellectual salons she hosted at the Royal Crescent in Bath. Montagu […]
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