L&T Archive 1998-2003

belated references
In Response To: That marbe thift and the link ()

'Lord Elgin and the Marbles' by William St. Clair

'The Elgin Affair, The Abduction of Antiquity's Greatest Treasures and the passions it Aroused' by Theodore Vrettos.

The Elgin Marbles, Should they be Returned to Greece? by Christopher Hitchens.

These are all excellent books, the latter two certainly easily accessible, the first out of print I think. 'The Elgin Affair' was most recently published (1997) It reads like a fascinating adventure and is historically meticulous in its portrayal of greed, deceit, thievery and cultural arrogance. If it even remotely involves Byron or Keats, name the book, I've got it ;-)

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Warning shot across the bow.
not Austen
But,
Disclaimer
Eh?
Me too
Got it!
Elgin's marbles...
Well, They Can't All Be Freemasons! (-: (nfm)
Tell me more!
They were probably the Goons who moved Napoleon's piano (-: (nfm)
Ying Tong Iddle I Po! nfm.
That marbe thift and the link
an error
belated references
Fascinating - thanks (nfm)