Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 203
Adriatic. In 1856 the young Archduke Maximilian,Admiral of the Austrian fleet, was living atTrieste. He was an enthusiastic traveller, anauthor, and a botanist ; also a lover ot adven-ture, and of storm-wind and tossing sea. Onewild day his small boat capsized near CapeGrignano, He managed to get… … MiRAMAR MIRAMARwhich he could experiment in the cultureof exotic plants. The following year hemarried Charlotte, the daughter of theBelgian king, and it was clear the villa mustbe adorned and enlarged to fit it for the royalbride. The story—sorrowful and romantic—thusbegins where the fairy-tales…
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