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Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles is a 1987 book by Christopher Hitchens on the controversy surrounding the removal by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin of the Parthenon's sculptured friezes (which became known as the Elgin Marbles), and his subsequent sale of the Marbles to the British Museum.
Was Elgin a preservationist or an imperialist thief? Should Britain return the marbles to the Greek government? In this short, gracefully written, engaging broadside, Hitchens, a columnist...
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Was Elgin a preservationist or an imperialist thief? Should Britain return the marbles to the Greek government? In this short, gracefully written, engaging broadside, Hitchens, a columnist for the Nation , makes a forceful case for full restitution of the sculptures.
13 de jul. de 1987 · Hitchens' exposé of the Parthenon Marbles controversy, which uncovers the vapidity of Lord Elgin's criminal looting at the Parthenon, and the utter emptiness of the argument of the British Museum in keeping the Parthenon sculptures, is the definitive account of this ongoing problem.
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Christopher Hitchens. Hill & Wang, $19.95 (137pp) ISBN 978-0-8090-4189-3. When Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin and British ambassador to the Ottoman empire, removed the Parthenon's sculptured...
