Athanasius Raczyński (1788-1874) : Aristocrat, diplomat, and patron of the arts / by Mencfel, Michał

Table of Contents: “…-- 3 Apprenticeship and Journeyman Years -- 1 The Fist, Rod, and Cane, or Education -- 2 'A Model Young Pole' -- 3 In Warsaw Circles -- 4 Smelling of the Antechamber -- 4 Rapture -- 1 Wasteful Times -- 2 Melancholy Self-Portrait -- 3 Wertherism -- 4 A Keen Eye -- part 2: Politics -- 5 The Aristocrat -- 1 Decorum -- 2 Estate -- 3 A Scandalous Picture: The Fiasco of Family Politics -- 4 Manifesto: The Portrait Gallery in Gaj -- 6 Political Creed -- 1 The Flight from Warsaw in 1794: The Spectre of Revolution -- 2 The Last Absolutist -- 3 Attitude towards the November Uprising in the Kingdom of Poland -- 4 Cara Patria: Being Polish as a Burden and a Challenge -- 7 A Pole in Berlin -- 1 Decision -- 2 'A Nobleman of the First Class' -- 3 A Good Catholic and a Pole -- 4 The Old Count -- 8 Diplomat -- 1 Early Endeavours -- 2 The Power of Circumstances or 'a Place Apart'? …”
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