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Title: The Elgin Affair
Author: Theodore Vrettos
Narrator: Gildart Jackson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-28-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime
Summary:
This story of the Elgin marbles re-creates in full detail "the greatest art theft in history." Almost 200 years after they were "purchased" from Greece, the finest and most famous marbles of antiquity still remain a burning issue. This compelling, controversial story of the Elgin marbles re-creates in full and colorful detail "the greatest art theft in history", a steamy tale of obsession, intrigue, adultery, and ruin.
As the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte in Constantinople, Lord Elgin encountered in his endeavors some of the most famous names of 19th-century history: Napoleon, Sultan Selim III, Lord Nelson, Lord Byron, and Keats. Drawing on original source materialletters, diaries, official government reports, and memoranda, Vrettos brilliantly brings to life these fascinating stories.
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