The Real Lady ByronIn 1992, the bicentenary of the birth of Annabella Noel Byron, this book makes a sympathetic reassessment of this misunderstood and much-maligned woman, refuting the unfavourable contemporary judgements made about her and revealing instead the many benevolent causes she supported. |
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... father's friends . Hobhouse noted in his journal that he had had a communication from ' Elizabeth Medora Leigh stating herself to be a child of Lord Byron and starving - some impostor I hope ' , but he made no enquiries . The only reply ...
... father's friends . Hobhouse noted in his journal that he had had a communication from ' Elizabeth Medora Leigh stating herself to be a child of Lord Byron and starving - some impostor I hope ' , but he made no enquiries . The only reply ...
Page 272
... Father's Birthday , & I think I cannot do anything more appropriate to it than to tell you what I should have wished to show you ( had it been in my power ) in your Mama's handwriting , her injunction to you to ' make your Father your ...
... Father's Birthday , & I think I cannot do anything more appropriate to it than to tell you what I should have wished to show you ( had it been in my power ) in your Mama's handwriting , her injunction to you to ' make your Father your ...
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... father , but he became evasive and pointed out that the only witness to Mrs Stowe's allegations was her grandmother . Her husband wrote to Dr Lush- ington's son Godfrey hoping that through him some facts could be elicited but Godfrey ...
... father , but he became evasive and pointed out that the only witness to Mrs Stowe's allegations was her grandmother . Her husband wrote to Dr Lush- ington's son Godfrey hoping that through him some facts could be elicited but Godfrey ...
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