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Writing in the 19th century, John Timbs recounts the stories of some of the most idiosyncratic eccentrics of his own day and the preceding centuries. This audiobook commences with the storyplot of the Beckford dynasty, who lavishly built the monstrous Fonthill Abbey, which, due to their unconventional way tended to collapse as quickly as maybe it's constructed. Then there may be Beau Brummel, the celebrated dandy, whose stylish clothing and his ongoing feud with the Prince of Wales were the gossip of your day. John Mytton, Squire of Halston, single-handedly managed to blast one of the greatest legacies ever bequeathed. The 1824 visit of the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands induced great excitement and curiosity in fashionable circles, not least for his or her amazing appearance and habits. Further oddballs and rarities are the eccentric Miss Lenders, Miss Bond of Hackney, Thomas Cooke, Hannah Snell, and the Earl of Bridgewater and his many pampered dogs.
- The Beckfords and Fonthill
- Beau Brummel
- The Spendthrift Squire of Halston
- The King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands
- Gretna Green Marriages
- Miss Bond of Hackney
- The Eccentric Miss Lenders
- Thomas Cooke the Turkey Product owner
- A Legacy of Half a Million of Money
- Eccentricities of the Earl of Bridgewater
- Hannah Snell, the feminine Soldier
