Luxury and Power

Luxury and Power

Author: Helen Jacobsen

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0199693757

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A study of the material world of English ambassadors at the end of the 17th century, illustrating the way in which architecture and the arts played an important role in diplomatic life. 'Luxury and Power' is an important contribution to the cultural history of Baroque England.