{"product_id":"byrons-corbeau-blanc-jonathan-david-gross-9780890966723","title":"Byron's \"corbeau Blanc\": The Life and Letters of Lady Melbourne, 1751-1818","description":"\"What famous letters your own are . . . I never saw such traits of discernment, observation of character, knowledge of your own sex, and sly concealment of your knowledge of the foibles of ours,\" wrote the twenty-four-year-old Lord Byron to Lady Melbourne. More than one hundred previously unpublished letters of Lady Melbourne are included in this scholarly edition which vividly re-creates the late Georgian age. Lady Melbourne's controversial letters to Lord Byron are published in their entirety for the first time, revealing her significant influence on his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eDon Juan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Long before the famous correspondence between Byron and Lady Melbourne began, she had impressed her own contemporaries as a woman of no small signficance. Married off to the son of a wealthy lawyer, she used her superior education, attention to detail, and business acumen to manage her amiable but dissolute husband's affairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A leading female agriculturist, she was the Duchess of Devonshire's closest confidante, as well as the mistress of the Prince of Wales (1780-84). At her residence in Piccadilly, she entertained a brilliant company that included Charles James Fox, George Canning, and Charles Grey. A half dozen of the nation's most famous painters executed her portrait in oil, while Sheridan recorded her witty repartee in \u003ci\u003eThe School for Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e. Scholars of the Romantic period will welcome reading these carefully annotated letters written by one of the age's most ambitious and captivating personalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan David Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890966729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890966723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 7.29w x 1.43d","brand":"Jonathan David Gross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48807877443839,"sku":"9780890966723","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/byrons-corbeau-blanc-jonathan-david-gross-9780890966723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}