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In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter: Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace
By Seymour, Miranda
- ISBN
- 9781681778723 9781681779362
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on November 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
Seymour (visiting professor, Nottingham Trent Univ.; Mary Shelley) turns a critical eye to the women in Lord Byron's life. Anne Isabella "Annabella" Noel Milbanke (1792-1860), "one of the most coveted young women of the year," owing to her large dowry and inheritance, married the young poet; their brief union marred by cruelty and an affair between Byron and his half-sister. After the couple separated, Annabella ensured their daughte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
