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The Castle of Otranto

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On the day of Conrad’s wedding to princess Isabella, a horrible accident befalls the bridegroom. Fearing that this is the realization of a terrible ancient prophecy, Conrad’s father Manfred believes that the fate foretold by the prophecy can only be averted if he marries Isabella himself. “The Castle of Otranto” – a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole – is credited with creating the genre of the gothic novel.
Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume I

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Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume I is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Horace Walpole is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Horace Walpole then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Hieroglyphic Tales

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Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third

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Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle

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Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's 'Little play-thing house', became one of the wonders of the 18th-century architectural world. The authors take us round the house (now being restored) and room by room reveal the theatrical planning, the deliberate contrasts of light and colour and the love of drama invested in every detail of th building, its decoration and its furniture. The book is illustrated with photographs and with many of the engravings Walpole himself commissioned.
On Modern Gardening (Pallas Guides)

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By a mile, this is the most brilliant and most influential essay ever written on English garden history. For two centuries it mapped the whole landscape of the subject. However, the author was partial in the highest degree. Horace Walpole believed in progress, in modernization, and the superiority of everything English to almost everything that had gone before. He had a special dislike of Baroque gardens, as exemplified by Versailles, which for him symbolized absolutism, tyranny, and the oppression of nature.

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The End of Enlightenment - American Conservative Magazine
American Conservative Magazine, VA - Feb 04, 9667
The End of EnlightenmentLater, Rousseau was satirized by Horace Walpole, an acquaintance of Hume's. Rousseau concluded that Hume was involved in a plot to persecute him, wrote a long and careful letter accusing him of malicious intent, and broke off relations.

English-period Ricci in Washington - antiquestradegazette.com
antiquestradegazette.com, UK - May 20, 2009
English-period Ricci in WashingtonIt is mentioned by Horace Walpole in 1762 and listed in inventories in 1785. The picture had been relined, received some restoration and a heavy, uneven varnish obscured some of its finer qualities. Sloans & Kenyon gave it a modest $10000-$15000

Iconic buildings and the passage of time - Times Online
Times Online, UK - May 14, 2009
Iconic buildings and the passage of timeHorace Walpole, no less, thought Vanbrugh's Blenheim Palace “execrable, within, without, and almost all round”. Nash was thought of as a mountebank and his terraces in Regents Park were described as “violent transgressions of true taste”.

Nonfiction Reviews - Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, NY - Feb 04, 7154
Nonfiction ReviewsNehring, who has written for Harper's and the Atlantic among others, is a keen, empathic reader of literary texts, drawing attention to undervalued love writings like the letters of Horace Walpole and Madame du Deffand, and offering an astute reading

War Ain't Beanbag - MyFoxOrlando.com
MyFoxOrlando.com, FL - May 03, 2009
War Ain't Beanbag"Horace Walpole had once lamented that, 'no great country was ever saved by good men because good men will not go to the length that may be necessary.' By May 1940 Britain was less interested in whether her saviours were good than whether they were