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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Markus, Julia (1939-....)
Titre(s) : Lady Byron & her daughters [Texte imprimé] / Julia Markus
Édition : First edition
Publication : New York : W. W. Norton, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-364 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Part One ; On her own ; Letters in love ; The underside of the Moon ; 13 Piccadilly
Terrace ; Dearest Duck ; Part Two ; Denial and isolation; anger? bargaining; depression;
acceptance? Great Scott! ; Educating Ada ; Educating England ; The half sisters
; Intermezzo: Lady Byron time-travels on the Brownings' Moon ; Attempting amends
at the White Hart ; Enduring motherhood ; Part Three ; Strange history ; The lost
chapter ; Lady Byron and her grandson.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-337) and index
"A startling reevaluation of Lady Byron's marriage and the untold story of her complex
life as a single mother and progressive force. Far from a victim or an obstacle to
Lord Byron's work, Lady Byron was a rebel against the fashionable snobbery of her
class, founding the first Infants School and Co-Operative School in England. A poet
and a talented mathematician, Lady Byron supported the education of her precocious
daughter, Ada Lovelace, now recognized as a pioneer of computer science, and she saved
from death her 'adoptive daughter, ' Medora Leigh, the child of Lord Byron's incestuous
affair with his sister. Lady Byron was adored by the younger abolitionist Harriet
Beecher Stowe and by many notable friends. Yet her complex relationships with her
family, including the sister Byron loved, runs like a live wire through this skillfully
told and groundbreaking biography of a remarkable woman who made a life for herself
and became a leading light in her century"--Provided by publisher ; Reveals the untold
story and complex life of Lady Byron, who as a single mother and progressive force
rebelled against the snobbery of her class to found the first co-operative school
in England and support her daughters educational endeavors
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Lady Byron and her daughters
Sujet(s) : Byron, Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron (1792-1860 ; baronne) -- Famille
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780393082685. - ISBN 0393082687 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb444970786
Notice n° :
FRBNF44497078
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