David Watkin is professor of the history of architecture at the University of Cambridge‎.‎ He is the author of a previous book on Thomas Hope and of others on James ‎"‎Athenian‎"‎ Stuart‎,‎ Sir John Soane‎,‎ and King George III‎,‎ as well as several architectural survey volumes‎.‎ Philip Hewat‎-Jaboor is an independent scholar‎,‎ collector‎,‎ and curator‎.‎ Together with David Watkin and Daniella Ben Arie he is curator of the Thomas Hope exhibition‎.‎