Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Boy in Rome and the Last of the Stuart Claim
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A boy of Irish Jacobite descent is raised in the Stuart court in exile and sent back into a Europe where his name is worth either a fortune or a rope. Lever knew the exile families and their claims and treats them without sentiment. This edition binds 59 plates of painting with the text, among them Panini, Hubert Robert and Rodde, and restores and colours its single in-text illustration.
A boy of Irish Jacobite descent is raised in the Stuart court in exile and sent back into a Europe where his name is worth either a fortune or a rope. Lever knew the exile families and their claims and treats them without sentiment. This edition binds 59 plates of painting with the text, among th...
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Charles Lever (1806-1872) was an Irish novelist born in Dublin, a physician who practised through a cholera epidemic before turning to fiction. He edited the Dublin University Magazine and later served as British consul in Trieste. His works include The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Gerald Fitzgerald, Maurice Tiernay, and Lord Kilgobbin.
Charles Lever (1806-1872) was an Irish novelist born in Dublin, a physician who practised through a cholera epidemic before turning to fiction. He edited the Dublin University Magazine and later served as British consul in Trieste. His works include The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Gerald Fitz...
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