The Stuart Court in Rome : The Legacy of Exile (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Edward Corp; 'Revirescit': The exilic origins of the Stuart oak motif, Eirwen E.C. Nicholson; The image of the court: idealism, politics and the evolution of the Stuart Court, 1689-1730, Daniel Szechi; The financial vicissitudes of James III in Rome, Edward Gregg; The Stuart presence at the opera in Rome, Jane Clark; Mysterious Jacobite iconography, Victoria Thorpe; The Stuarts' last secret: the children of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, Peter Pininski; The acquisition of Stuart silver and other relics by the Dukes of Hamilton, Godfrey Evans; 'For Stuart blood is in my veins' (Queen Victoria): The British monarchy's collection of imagery and objects associated with the exiled Stuarts from the reign of George III to the present day, Kathryn Barron; Conclusion, Edward Corp; Index.