Lord Arundel and His Circle

by David J. Howarth

This book, the first biography in fifty years of the man Horace Walpole described as 'the Father of vertu in England', will be fascinating reading to those interested in the arts and to political and social historians.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 1986

Reviews

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly informative book. Arundel's knowledge, taste as well as relationship to artists make him a beacon and foremost artistic thinker at a time when England was thought to be behind the rest of Europe and unable to attract the most brilliant painters.