Download or read book Classical Victorians written by Edmund Richardson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compelling account of Victorian Britain's troubled relationship with antiquity. Extraordinary characters - the virtuoso forger, the blundering general and the bitter prodigy - will engage scholars and general readers alike. This wide-ranging narrative breaks new ground in the fast-growing field of classical reception studies.