Byron and the Websters The Letters and Entangled Lives of the Poet, Sir James Webster and Lady Frances Webster
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Biografisk notat
The late John Stewart was the author of nonfiction books on a variety of topics including African states and rulers, Antarctica, the British Empire, Moons of the solar system, Italian movies, Broadway musicals, the British circus, Lord Byron, and the flight of the Confederate government from Richmond. Winner of numerous reference book awards, he lived in West Jefferson, North Carolina.“Stewart has taken the letters of his ancestors Sir James and Lady Frances Webster to, from, and about Byron and strung them into a narrative of all three lives. Those interested in Byron and the Regency period will find the book enlightening”—<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.
Arguably the most offensive, despised, and ridiculed dandy of the Regency period, Sir James Webster-Wedderburn would likely be forgotten were it not for an affair between his wife and his close friend, the poet Lord Byron. This unique work lays out the details and provides commentary on rare private letters between Webster's wife, Lady Frances Caroline Annesley, and the famous poet. Also included are analyses and transcriptions of Lady Frances' letters to other suitors, including the Duke of Wellington and another Regency dandy, Scrope Davies.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The ’45
2. Childe Webster
3. Hussar
4. Lady Frances
5. Arms
6. Dandy
7. Vis à Vis
8. The Groom of Abydos
9. Aston Hall
10. Byron’s Song
11. Vive l’Empereur
12. Master Shallow
13. Waterloo: Ball, Battle and Poem
14. Monument to a Dead Son
15. The Sucking Salamander
16. Nantes
17. The Duel
18. Sir James
19. Kiss Me, Hardy
20. Reconciliation
21. The Kidnapping
22. When We Two Parted
23. The Death of Byron
24. Baronet
25. Wedderburn vs. Wedderburn
26. The Robbing of Lady Frances
27. The Molesting of Lady Frances
28. The Death of Lady Frances
29. James’s Death at Cooney’s Tavern
30. Post Mortem
Bibliography
Index