num_pages: 368
description: Lady Caroline Lamb, among Lord Byron's many lovers, stands out--vilified, portrayed as a self-destructive nymphomaniac--her true story has never been told. Now, Paul Douglass provides the first unbiased treatment of a woman whose passions and independence were incompatible with the age in which she lived. Taking into account a traumatic childhood, Douglass explores Lamb's so-called "erotomania" and tendency towards drug abuse and madness--problems she and Byron had in common. In this portrait, she emerges as a person who sacrificed much for the welfare of a sick child, and became an artist in her own right. Douglass illuminates her novels and poetry, her literary friendships, and the lifelong support of her husband and her publisher, John Murray.
language: English
title: Lady Caroline Lamb: A Biography
titlecomplete: Lady Caroline Lamb: A Biography
characters: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lady Melbourne, John Murray
genres: History, Regency, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan