Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

LADY BYRON VINDICATED. A History Of The Byron Controversy, From Its Beginning In 1816 To The Present Time.

Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870.

First Edition. Soft cover. "I claim, and shall prove, that Lady Byron's reputation has been the victim of a concerted attack, begun by her husband during her lifetime." Stowe, Harriet Beecher. LADY BYRON VINDICATED. A History Of The Byron Controversy, From Its Beginning In 1816 To The Present Time. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition preceded by Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1869 article in the Atlantic magazine, an exposé of George Gordon, Lord Byron, told to Harriet Beecher Stowe by Lady Byron prior to her death, including allusions to the poet's widely rumoured, unspeakable affair with his half- sister. 8vo. 482 pp. Original brown cloth, brown coated endpapers, gilt titles and decorations to the spine. Small neat previous collector's contemporary signature to the front free endpaper.

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