description: Beckford (d.1844), a fabulously wealthy heir to a sugar fortune, spent his time and money amassing a major collection of art, furniture, books, and curios and building a splendid Gothic Revival castle to house it. Ostracized from British society for his homosexuality, Beckford continue to collect, build, travel, and write, most notably the torrid O
language: English
title: William Beckford And The New Millennium
titlecomplete: William Beckford And The New Millennium (Ams Studies in the Eighteenth Century)
publisher: Ams Pr Inc