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The two articles this month are quite unintentionally linked by the theme of Italian exile.  In the first article we look at the life of Sir Robert Dudley – the son of the Elizabethan courtier, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.  He was born out of wedlock, primarily as his father was still hoping to marry Elizabeth I. His life was entirely shaped by the circumstances of his birth. He spent the last forty years of his life in Italy, where as a man of great ability he had a very productive life – but he entered a bigamous marriage there, and left behind in England a wife and family who had to fend for themselves. The second exile was William Beckford, who was the wealthiest man in England in his lifetime. His wealth was inherited when he was ten and was built upon the profit of plantations and slaves.  His ten years of exile, were a consequence of social disgrace. He returned to a self-imposed exile in which he poured all his money and his soul into one of the most extraordinary fantasy buildings ever constructed in England: Fonthill Abbey. The study of the past very often brings us face to face with actions and behaviours that makes us uncomfortable, and social rules that are seemingly inexplicable. The story of these two individuals, are no exception. Although men of great ability, their lives were shaped by the actions of others and the social norms of the times they lived in, but their behaviour was, at times, also deeply questionable.

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