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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Heather EwingPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.776kg ISBN: 9781596910294ISBN 10: 1596910291 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 03 April 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsEwing's psychologically sensitive book gives us the man behind the name. -- Bookpage <p>.,. a charming biography. -- Philadelphia Inquirer <p> A captivating, informative and beautifully written book. -- Bloomberg News <p> Fascinating.... This book is possible only because Ewing is a dogged researcher.... -- Publishers Weekly <p> Marvelously re-creates the age in which Smithson lived... -- Library Journal <p> Ewing has labored heroically to write....an amazing tale.... -- Kirkus Reviews <p> Discusses the world of the British intelligentsia in such a way as to provide a seamless narrative. Ms. Ewing's gracefully written book may represent the last word on James Smithson and his world. -- The Washington Times <p> A lively history...gives this man of science his due. -- The DC Examiner <p> Ms. Ewing has turned up valuable new material, bringing to light her subject's lost world.,. -- New York Sun <p> Superb....makes a valiant and convincing attempt to solve the mystery that its title implies...Ewing has had the ingenuity and perseverance to seek out his story not merely in such papers of Smithson's that survive but in the stories of others. -- Washington Post <p>“Ewing's psychologically sensitive book gives us the man behind the name.”— Bookpage <p>.. .a charming biography. — Philadelphia Inquirer <p>“A captivating, informative and beautifully written book.”— Bloomberg News <p>“Fascinating…. This book is possible only because Ewing is a dogged researcher….”— Publishers Weekly <p>“Marvelously re-creates the age in which Smithson lived…”— Library Journal <p>“Ewing has labored heroically to write….an amazing tale….”— Kirkus Reviews <p> Discusses the world of the British intelligentsia in such a way as to provide a seamless narrative. Ms. Ewing's gracefully written book may represent the last word on James Smithson and his world. -- The Washington Times <p> A lively history...gives this man of science his due. -- The DC Examiner <p> Ms. Ewing has turned up valuable new material, bringing to light her subject's Author InformationHeather Ewing is an architectural historian. She has worked for the Smithsonian and the Ringling Museum of Art. She lives in New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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