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Topography In A Very Small World
I have mentioned before (and more than once) the interconnectedness of intellectual life in the nineteenth century. I came across another stunning example last week. To begin at the beginning:
Rags to Riches and Rags Again
You really couldn’t make up the life story of Margaret Power. Born in 1789 to a small, Catholic, landowning family in County Tipperary, she was the ugly duckling in a handsome family, and barely educated, though a neighbour taught her … Continue reading
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Tagged Countess of Blessington, Dickens, Lord Byron, Thomas Lawrence
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Awfully Romantic
An influx, over the last few days, of books about Byron: Lord Byron’s Correspondence, edited by John Murray IV, grandson of his friend and publisher; Correspondence of Lord Byron (and much more besides), edited by the Rev. A.R.C. Dallas, son … Continue reading
