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Holland House - A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon (Paperback)
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Holland House - A History of London's Most Celebrated Salon (Paperback)
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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 was almost constantly out of office -
the home of the third Lord Holland became the unofficial centre of
the Opposition. Devoted to the ideals of the prominent Whig
statesman Charles James Fox and enriched by the progressive views
of a new generation of writers, critics and politicians, the
influence of Holland House permeated the political climate. At a
time when revolutions threatened to engulf Europe, the Whig
tradition of aristocratic liberalism proved to be one of the chief
factors in the peaceful achievement of parliamentary reform.
Presided over by the beautiful and clever Lady Holland and
combining discussion of politics and the arts, the salon attracted
the greatest names of the age - Byron, Talleyrand and Madame de
Stael were all frequent visitors. In this book, Linda Kelly brings
to life the colourful world of Holland House.
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