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This is a fascinating celebration of that social outsider uniquely celebrated in British history, the Eccentric. A portrait gallery of a dozen remarkable individuals in recent history who eschewed the prevailing conventions of their times and lived life in a highly idiosyncratic fashion, with far-reaching consequences.Inadvertently bringing down British governments, accidentally being offered foreign crowns, pioneering wildlife conservation, thwarting urban progress, building lavish pleasure domes - and watching them crash to the ground, these "eccentrics" lived colorful lives to the full, traveling widely and influencing many, often in spite of severe physical impediments. Their obsessive behavior and refusal to conform also left a legacy of good works in its wake -- many of these men and women were wildly generous social benefactors and extravagant patrons of the arts.