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Holland House - A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon (Hardcover)
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Holland House - A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon (Hardcover)
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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 enriched by the progressive views of a new generation of
writers,critics and politicians,the influence of Holland House
permeated the political climate. Combining politics and the
arts,the salon attracted the greatest names of the age-Byron,
Thomas Macaulay, Talleyrand and Madame de Stael all dined at
Holland House. At a time when revolutions threatened to engulf
Europe, the Whig tradition of aristocratic liberalism-avoiding the
extremes of radicalism and reaction-proved to be one of the chief
factors in the peaceful achievement of parliamentary
reform,epitomised by the Great Reform Act of 1832. The embodiment
of this tradition was Holland House. The salon was presided over by
Lady Holland-a magnetic hostess. Beautiful and clever she had left
her much-older husband, Sir Godfrey Webster,to marry Lord Holland
and as a result was ostracised in many London drawing rooms. But in
Holland House, society would come to her. Lady Holland was in the
thick of Whig discussions, occasionally following her own political
line.She had a special passion for Napoleon and sent him over a
thousand books in St Helena. Occupying a key position in the
political and cultural life of the age, Holland House was a unique
and important force at a time of great political change. Linda
Kelly brings to life the colourful world of Holland House,
providing a vivid portrait of London's greatest political salon.
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