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Benson, as a son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, was ideally placed to observe the thoughts, words and deeds of the late Victorians. This anecdotal and supremely readable book contains deliciously sly observations of the great and the not-so-good. Prince Albert, Burne-Jones, Queen Victoria and Edward VII along with Gladstone, Gosse, the Pre-Raphaelites, Ruskin, Swinburne, Whistler and Oscar Wilde were all subject to his coruscating wit.
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The son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Benson was well-placed to observe the thoughts, words and deeds of the late Victorians. In this anecdotal book, Benson affords his sly observations on the great and the not-so-good. Prince Albert, Blume Jones, Queen Victoria and Edward VII, as well as Gladstone, Gosse, the Pre-Raphaelites, Ruskin, Swinburne, Whistler and Wilde are all subjects of his wit. He also gives sharp insights to diverse subjects such as the Baccrat scandal at Tranby Croft, The Temperance Movement and the Suez Canal.
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The second son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Benson was a Classical Scholar at Cambridge where he took a Double First. Well-known as the author of the camp Mapp & Lucia series of novels, Benson lived in Henry James's house after the author's death in Rye, Kent and became Mayor of Rye several times.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 014139045X
- ISBN 13 9780141390451
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