8vo. ix, 368 pp, frontispiece, 17 b/w photographic plates, cloth in lightly rubbed d/w, index, copy in very good condition, Macdonald, London, first edition, 1961.

Synopsis

In 1869 Blunt resigned from the diplomatic service and devoted himself to the pursuit of truth in literature, art, and politics, He suffered social ostracism as a result of his support of Irish Home Rule, but to the end of his long life in 1922 his advice on Ireland, India, and Egypt was courted – if disregarded-by England’s leading statesmen.