Byron's Corbeau Blanc: The Life and Letters of Lady Melbourne, 1751-1818

Melbourne, Lady

ISBN 10: 085323633X / ISBN 13: 9780853236337

Published by Liverpool University Press, 1998

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Synopsis:

Offering a re-creation of the late-Georgian age, this is an annotated collection of the correspondence of Lady Melbourne, including her controversial letters to Lord Byron, which reveal her significant influence on his work - not least in "Don Juan", in which she appears as Lady Pinchbeck. Long before the correspondence between Byron and Lady Melbourne began, she had impressed her contemporaries as a woman of no small significance. Married off to the son of a wealthy lawyer, she used her superior education, attention to detail and business acumen to manage her amiable but dissolute husband's affairs. A leading agriculturalist, she was the Duchess of Devonshire's closest confidante as well as the mistress of the Prince of Wales (1780-84). At her residence in Piccadilly she entertained a brilliant company that included Charles James Fox, George Canning and Charles Grey.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Byron's Corbeau Blanc: The Life and Letters ...
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good