Lady Byron and Her Daughters by Markus, Julia - 2015

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., 2015. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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W. W. Norton & Company. Used - Like New. Fine. Cloth, D-j. 2015. Originally published at $28.95.

W. W. Norton & Company. Used - Very Good. 2015. Hardcover. Very Good.

W. W. Norton & Company. New. Fine. Cloth, D-j. 2015. Originally published at $28.95.

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Paperback. Very Good.

New York: W. W. Norton, 2015. 1st. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. Spine slightly cocked and lightly bumped at head and heel. Jacket bumped at head and heel of spine and edges. 364 pp. Size: 8vo

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2015. xvii, 364 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A startling reevaluation of Lady Byron's marriage and the untold story of her complex life as a single mother and progressive force. Far from a victim or an obstacle to Lord Byron's work, Lady Byron was a rebel against the fashionable snobbery of her class, founding the first Infants School and Co-Operative School in England. A poet and a talented mathematician, Lady Byron supported the education of her precocious daughter, Ada Lovelace, now recognized as a pioneer of computer science, and she saved from death her 'adoptive daughter,' Medora Leigh, the child of Lord Byron's incestuous affair with his sister. Lady Byron was adored by the younger abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and by many notable friends. Yet her complex relationships with her family, including the sister… Read More