Augusta Leigh: Byron's Half-Sister: A Biography

Augusta Leigh: Byron's Half-Sister: A Biography by Michael & Melissa Bakewell


Authors
Michael &
Melissa Bakewell
ISBN
9780185619754
Published
Released
06 / 04 / 2000
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
464
Dimensions
165 x 242mm

August Leigh was the child of one of the most sensational scandals to hit Georgian England - the seduction of the wilful and beautiful Marchioness of Carmarthen by "Mad Jack" Byron - and scandal, of one kind or anther, was to pursue Augusta for the rest of her life and even beyond the grave.

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.
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