{"product_id":"the-parthenon-marbles-isbn-9781844672523","title":"The Parthenon Marbles","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe most powerful case yet made for the return of the Parthenon Marbles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks of the frieze sawn off and shipped to England, where they were subsequently seized by Parliament and sold to the British Museum to help pay off his debts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis scandal, exacerbated by the inept handling of the sculptures by their self-appointed guardians, remains unresolved to this day. In his fierce, eloquent account of a shameful piece of British imperial history, Christopher Hitchens makes the moral, artistic, legal and political case for re-unifying the Parthenon frieze in Athens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe opening of the New Acropolis Museum emphatically trumps the British Museum’s long-standing (if always questionable) objection that there is nowhere in Athens to house the Parthenon Marbles. With contributions by Nadine Gordimer and Professor Charalambos Bouras, \u003ci\u003eThe Parthenon Marbles\u003c\/i\u003e will surely end all arguments about where these great treasures belong, and help bring a two-centuries-old disgrace to a just conclusion.\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eGod Is Not Great\u003c\/i\u003e. His books published by Verso include \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Henry Kissinger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo One Left to Lie To\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missionary Position\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnacknowledged Legislation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Parthenon Marbles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHostage to History\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Browning\u003c\/b\u003e (1812–1889) was one of the foremost Victorian poets and playwrights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadine Gordimer\u003c\/b\u003e won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Her nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and publications all over the world. She lives in Johannesburg.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301868753125,"sku":"NP9781844672523","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844672523.jpg?v=1767740875","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-parthenon-marbles-isbn-9781844672523","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}