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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Documents relating to Mrs Beecher-Stow's "True History of Lady Byron’s Life" and the ensuing scandal |
| Date | 1869-1870 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Miscellaneous |
| Publishing Location | John Camden Hotten, London |
| Theme | Private and Domestic Life; Literature and Poetry |
| Description |
Includes a printed copy of a response to Mrs Beecher-Stowe’s book entitled "The True Story of Lord and Lady Byron"; a pamphlet entitled "Light a Last: The Byron Mystery"; a Police News Edition of the "Life of Lady Byron"; various clippings and articles concerning the scandal; an associated article by John Murray III which was never published; and correspondence written by: (1) 1869, Charles Dickens; (2) 1869, Whitwell Elwin; (3) 1869-1870, G J Harney; (4) 1869-1870, John Murray III; (5) 1869, A Leigh; (6) 1869, Geraldine Leigh; (7) 1869, Lord Lindsay; (8) 1870, Lady Seaford (formerly Lady Hardy); (9) 1869, Dr William Smith; (10) 1869, Lord Stanhope; (11) 1869, Martin Tupper; (12) 1869-1870, one unidentified. |
| Keywords | fame and scandal newspaper pamphlet women writers |
| People | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Byron, Anne Isabella Noel (11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron) Beecher-Stowe, Harriet Dickens, Charles Elwin, Whitwell Harney, G J Murray, John III Leigh, Augusta Leigh, Geraldine Lindsay, Alexander (25th Earl of Crawford) Smith, William Tupper, Martin Norton, Caroline |
| NLS Collection | Byron Papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.43539 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |