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Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 1717 im altmärkischen Stendal geboren, galt Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts als die europäische Kapazität in Sachen antiker Kunst. Ein auch in Rom hochangesehener Mann, hatte er seit 1763 die Oberaufsicht über die klassischen Altertümer inne. Im April 1768 trat er eine längere Deutschlandreise an, brach sie jedoch ab und fuhr von Wien, wo er von der Kaiserin empfangen worden war, zurück nach Triest, um von dort nach Venedig überzusetzen.

Published in 1812, “The Absentee” by Maria Edgeworth examines social injustice in 19th-century Britain. At that time, the management of many Irish estates suffered from the absenteeism of their Anglo-Irish landlords. We meet Lord and Lady Clonbrony. Lord Clonbrony struggles with debt, while Lady Clonbrony tries to shed her Irish connections and earn status in London’s high society (known as “the ton.”) Meanwhile, their son, Lord Colambre, is wary of the entanglements of that society and escapes to the family estate in Ireland, where he discovers the abuses that have arisen in the ...

"One of the most inspired chronicles written in English" was the verdict of William Butler Yeats on the novel Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth which was first published in 1800. It is recognised as the first true historical novel in English as well as the first Big-House novel. Written at the time when there was much debate about the Act of Union which proposed to unite Great Britain with Ireland, the book satirised the mismanagement of their Irish estates by Anglo-Irish landlords. Maria Edgeworth's writing is wonderful - informative, entertaining and amusing by turns. Just before ...