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Augusta Leigh
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Her marriage to her cousin equerry and companion of the Prince of Wales Colonel George Leigh who fell from grace when it came to light that he had cheated the Prince over the sale of a horse and fiddled regimental accounts to fund his gambling habit brought her nothing but poverty and seven children. Her love affair with her half-brother Lord Byron was largely responsible for his separation from his wife and his subsequent exile. Lady Byron determined that Augusta's incestuous liaison should not go unpunished waged a relentless war of attrition against her in which Augusta's daughter Elizabeth Medora also became entangled.
This is the first biography of Augusta Leigh for over thirty years and draws on a wealth of new material from archives all over the country. It sheds new light not only on this remarkable and courageous woman but on Georgian and Regency society and the life of the Court.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
480
Release Date:
2013-09-02
Publication Date:
2013-09-02
Publisher:
Pimlico
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1845952111
ISBN13:
9781845952112
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Weight:
795 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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