Imperial Spoils

Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles

Author	Christopher Hitchens
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Elgin Marbles
Publisher	Chatto and Windus (UK)/ Hill and Wang (US)^[1] ^[2]
Publication date	1987 (UK) / 1988 (US)
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	137
ISBN	978-0-8090-4189-3

Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles (1987) is an examination by Christopher Hitchens of the controversy surrounding the removal by Thomas Bruce (seventh earl of Elgin) of the Parthenon's sculptured friezes (which became known as the Elgin Marbles) to the British Museum. Hitchens's examines the history of the artifacts and the question of whether they should be returned to Greece.

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Christopher Hitchens

Bibliography Political views

Works authored	The Missionary Position Letters to a Young Contrarian Imperial Spoils No One Left to Lie To The Trial of Henry Kissinger Why Orwell Matters Blood, Class, and Nostalgia A Long Short War Love, Poverty, and War Thomas Jefferson: Author of America Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography God Is Not Great Hitch-22 Arguably Mortality

Works edited	Blaming the Victims (with Edward Said) The Portable Atheist

Other	57901 Hitchens Hell's Angel The Trials of Henry Kissinger Peter Hitchens

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