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Appendix: Byron in Fiction A List of Books Alex Alec-Smith I have divided this list into four sections. The first and largest section is for novels with, in the main, Byron as a central character. It is interesting to note that for the most part, in the nineteenth century he appears as a character under another name, but by the time we reach the twentieth century he appears as himself. The second section, Plays and Films, is limited to published scripts and therefore does not include such films as Ken Russell's Gothic or Robert Bolt's Lady Caroline Lamb. The third section is short, being books with related characters and finally the fourth section consists mainly of nineteenth-century foreign novels, mentioned by Chew, but unseen by him and so doubtful. Where possible I have given a reference to each book. The bibliographies used are as follows: M.C. Rintoul. Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction; Thomas James Wise. A Bibliography of the Writings in Verse and Prose of George Gordon Noel, Baron Byron; Samuel C. Chew. Byron in England. His Fame and After-Fame. This book includes a chapter headed 'Byron in Fiction'; Michael Sadleir. XIX Century Fiction. A Bibliographical Record; Oscar Jose Santucho. George Gordon, Lord Byron: A Comprehensive Bibliography of secondary materials in English 1807-1974. This book also has a small section headed 'Byron in Drama, Fiction and Poetry'; Robert Lee Wolff. Nineteenth-Century Fiction, A Bibliographical Catalogue; The British Library Catalogue; Whitaker's Books in Print; Andrew Block. The Eng­ lish Novel1740-1850. I have also used dealers 'catalogues, they are: James Burmester Rare Books; The Poetry Bookshop, Hay on Wye; Jamdyce Antiquarian Booksellers and finally where there is no reference, myself - Alex Alec- Smith Books. Novels 1816 Lamb, Lady Caroline. Glenarvon. 3 vols. London. Henry Col­ bum. Byron - Lord Glenarvon & Count Viviani. Lady Byron 221 222 Appendix - Miss Monmouth. Latest edn. Woodstock Books 1993. Ed­ ited by Jonathon Wordsworth & Everyman Paperback 1995. Edited by Frances Wilson. Ref: Rintoul, Wise, Chew. Lamb, Lady Caroline. The Fatal Passion. 1865. Later reprint of Glenarvon. Ref: Chew. 1817 (Barrett, Eaton Stannard). Six Weeks at Long's By a Late Resid­ ent. 3 vols. London for the author. Byron - Lord Leander. Wordsworth, Southey & Moore also appear. Ref: Chew. 1817 Anon. Three Weeks at Fladong's By a Late Visitant. Byron- Lord Stanza. Douglas Kinnaird - The Hon Douglas Kincat. Imita­ tion of above. Ref: Chew. 1818 Anon. Prodigious!!! or Childe Paddie in London. 3 vols. London. For the author. Byron - Lord Woeful. Lady Caroline Lamb - Lady Glenarvon. Ref: Block, James Burmester. 1818 Morgan, Lady. Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale. 4 vols. Lon­ don. Henry Colburn. Byron - De Vere. French Edition. 4 vols. Paris 1819. Ref: Rintoul, Sadleir. 1818 Peacock, Thomas Love. Nightmare Abbey. London. T. Hook­ ham. Byron - Mr Cypress, Shelley - Scythrop Glowry, Coler­ idge - Mr Flosky. Many later editions. Ref: Rintoul, Chew. 1819 W, Alicia. Harold the Exile. 3 vols. London. (Colburn). Byron - Lord Harold Augustus Ref: Sadleir, Rintoul, Santucho. 1819 Polidori, John. The Vampyre; A Tale. London. Sherwood, Neely & Jones. Attributed to Byron. Byron- Lord Ruthven. Some later editions: 1974 Gubblecote Press, 1991 Gothic Society at the Gargoyle's Head. Ref: Wise, Rintoul, Chew. 1823 Lamb, Lady Caroline. Ada Reiss. 3 vols. London. John Murray. Ref: Santucho. 1823 Shelley, Mary. Valperga; or The Life and Adventures of Castruc­ cio, Prince of Lucca. 3 vols. London. G. & WB. Whittaker. Ref: Santucho. · Appendix 223 1824 Benson, Captain. Narrative of Lord Byron's Voyage to Corsica and Sardinia, during the Summer and Autumn of the Year 1821. Compiled from Minutes Made during the Voyage by the Passengers; and Extracts from the Journal of His Lordship's Yacht, the Mazeppa. London. J. Limbird. Ref: Santucho, Wise. 1825 Bedford, John Harman. Wanderings of Childe Harolde. A Romance of Real Life interspersed with Memoirs of the English Wife, the Foreign Mistress and various other Celebrated Characters. 3 vols. London. Sherwood, Jones & Co. Borders between novel and biography. Ref: Wise, Chew. 1826 Shelley, Mary. The Last Man. 3 vols. London. Henry Colburn. Byron - Lord Raymond. Shelley - Adrian, Earl of Windsor. Ref: Wise, Chew, Rintoul. 1832 Disraeli, Benjamin. Contarini Fleming: A Psychological Autobio­ graphy. 4 vols. London. John Murray. Ref: Santucho. 1833 Disraeli, Benjamin. Vivian Grey. 5 vols London. Henry Col­ burn. Ref: Santucho. 1835 Shelley, Mary. Lodore. 3 vols. London. Byron - Lodore. Also published in Brussels the same year. Ref: Rintoul. Chew 1836 Mitford, J. 'The Private Life of Lord Byron: comprising his Voluptuous Amours, Secret Intrigues, and close Connection with various Ladies of Rank and Fame, in Scotland and London, at Eton, Harrow, Cambridge, Paris, Rome, Venice, etc. With a particular Account of the Countess Guiccoli, and (never before published) Details of the Murder at Ravenna, which caused his Lordship to leave Italy. Various singular Anecdotes of Persons and Families now ornamenting the high Circles of Haut Ton. Compiled from Authentic Sources. With extracts from authentic Documents!! and Familiar Letters, from his Lordship to his Friends. Being an amusing and interesting Expose of Fashionable Frailties, Follies, and Debaucheries.' London. H. Smith. Also Translated into French from the 10th English edition of 1837. Fiction rather than fact. Ref: Chew. 224 Appendix 1837 Disraeli, Benjamin. Venetia. 3 vols. London. Henry Colburn. Byron - Lord Cadurcis. Lady Caroline Lamb - Lady Mon­ teagle. Many later editions. Ref: Wolff, Chew, Sadleir, Rintoul. 1837 Shelley, Mary. Falkner; a Novel. 3 vols. London. Saunders & Otley. Ref: Santucho. 1841 Gore, Catherine. Cecil: Or the Adventures of a Coxcomb. 3 vols. London. Richard Bentley. Later edition in 1845 & 1860. Ref: BL. 1844 Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of. The Lottery of Life. 3 vols. London. Henry Colburn. Ref: Santucho. 1872 Paul, G. Henry Howard. Lord Byron in Love & Other Poems. London. J.C. Hotten. Ref: Santucho, BL. 1876 Redivivus, Quevedo. 'A Spiritual Interview with Lord Byron in which his Lordship gave his opinion and feelings about his New Monument and gossip about the literature of his own & the present day with some interesting Information about the Spirit World. With Notes Explanatory & Elucidat­ ory'. London. Samuel Palmer (Pamphlet). Ref: Wise. 1904 Rives, Hallie Erminie. (Mrs Post Wheeler). 'The Castaway, three great men ruined in one year - a King, a Cad and a Castaway.' Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill Co. Byron as chief character. Another edition published the following year in New York. Ref: Chew. 1905 Moore, Frank Frankfort. He Loved But One. The Story of Lord Byron & Mary Chaworth. London. Eveleigh Nash. American edition entitled Love Alone Is Lord. Ref: Chew. 1906 McLaws, Lafayette (Emily Lafayette). Maid of Athens. Based on The Thyrza Mystery. Boston. Little, Brown & Co. Ref: Chew. 1913 Hewlett, Maurice. Bendish. A Study in Prodigality. London. MacMillan. A study of Byron's character transferred to the time of William IY. Byron - Bendish, Shelley - Gervase Poore. Ref: Chew. 1925 Hewitt, Eileen. Donna Juana. A novel in verse. London. George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Ref: Wise. Appendix 225 1925 Barrington, E. Glorious Apollo. New York. Grosset & Dunlap. English edition published 1926 by George G. Harrap. Ref: Wise. 1928 Page, Howard Gordon. The Shattered Harp. A Romance on the Life of Lord Byron. London. Alston Rivers. Ref: Poetry Bookshop Catalogue 90. 1930 Edschmid, Kasimir. The Passionate Rebel. The life of Lord Byron. New York. Albert & Charles Boni. Translated by Whittaker Chambers. English edition entitled Lord Byron, the Story of a Passion. Translated by Eveline Bennett. Ref: Santucho. 1933 North, John. A Shade Byronic. London. Jarrolds. Ref: Jamdyce. Catalogue CV. 1945 Aldanov, Mark (Mark Aleksandrovich Landau). For Thee the Best. Translated by Nicholas Wreden. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. Byron is the central character. Ref: Santucho. 1945 Gray, Austin K. Teresa or Her Demon Lover. New York Charles Scribner's Sons. English edition entitled Teresa, The Story of Byron's Last mistress. George G. Harrap 1948. Fictionalised biography. Ref: Santucho. 1951 Mannering, Julia. (Madeleine Bingham). The Passionate Poet; A Romantic Story Based upon Lord Byron's Loves and Adventures. London. Museum Press. Ref: Santucho. 1959 Moore, Doris Langley. My Caravaggio Style. London. Cassell. Novel about forging the burnt memoirs. 1964 Leslie, Doris. This for Caroline. London. Heinemann. Pan paperback 1966. Fictionalised account of Caroline Lamb's life with Byron as main character. Ref: BL. 1966 Kenyon, F.W The Absorbing Fire - The Byron Legend. New York. Dodd Mead & Co. London. Hutchinson & Co. Arrow paperback edition 1968. Ref: Santucho. 1968 Prokosch, Frederick. The Missolonghi Manuscript. London. WH. Allen. New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Ref: Santucho. 226 Appendix 1969 Marlowe, Derek. A Single Summer with L.B. - The Summer of 1816. London. Jonathon Cape. US edition entitled A Single Summer with Lord B. New York. Viking Press. 1970. Ref: Santucho. 1972 Edwards, Ann. Haunted Summer. New York. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. UK edition. Hodder & Stoughton 1973. Coronet paperback 1974. Ref: Santucho. 1978 Nicole, Christopher. The Secret Memoirs of Lord Byron. Lon­ don. Michael Joseph. 1979 Seymour, Miranda. Count Manfred. London. Arrow. Paper­ back. 1981 Iremonger, Lucille. My Sister, My Love. New York. William Morrow. 1983 Powers, Tim. The Anubis Gates. London. Chatto & Windus. Paperback edition 1993. 1987 Prantera, Amanda. Conversations with Lord Byron on Perver­ sion, 163 years after His Lordship's Death. London. Jonathan Cape. New York. Atheneum. Paperback edition 1988. 1989 Nye, Robert. The Memoirs of Lord Byron. A Novel. London. Hamish Hamilton. 1989 West, Paul. Lord Byron's Doctor. A Novel. New York. Double­ day. UK Paperback edition. Serpent's Tail. London. 1992. 1990 Gibson, William & Bruce Sterling. The Difference Engine. Lon­ don. Victor Gollancz. Later editions. Byron as Prime Minister of Britain is a background character who is mentioned but not seen. Ada Byron does appear.
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    The History of Parliament Trust Oral History Project interviewees, clockwise from top: Baroness Helene Hayman, Baroness Ann Taylor, Jackie Ballard, Baroness Janet Fookes. All portraits by Barbara Luckhurst, www.barbaraluckhurstphotography.com © Barabara Luckhurst/History of Parliament Trust Review of Activities, 2017-18 Objectives and activities of the History of Parliament Trust The History of Parliament is a major academic project to create a scholarly reference work describing the members, constituencies and activities of the Parliament of England and the United Kingdom. The volumes either published or in preparation cover the House of Commons from 1386 to 1868 and the House of Lords from 1603 to 1832. They are widely regarded as an unparalleled source for British political, social and local history. The volumes consist of detailed studies of elections and electoral politics in each constituency, and of closely researched accounts of the lives of everyone who was elected to Parliament in the period, together with surveys drawing out the themes and discoveries of the research and adding information on the operation of Parliament as an institution. The History has published 22,136 biographies and 2,831 constituency surveys in twelve sets of volumes (46 volumes in all), containing over 25 million words. They deal with 1386-1421, 1509-1558, 1558-1603, 1604-29, 1660-1690, 1690-1715, 1715-1754, 1754- 1790, 1790-1820 and 1820-32. All of these articles, except those on the House of Lords 1660-1715, are now available on www.historyofparliamentonline.org . The History’s staff of professional historians is currently researching the House of Commons in the periods 1422-1504, 1640-1660, and 1832-1868, and the House of Lords in the periods 1603-60 and 1660-1832.