- 1977 editiion. 397 pages.
- Publisher.John Murray
- Hardcover. D/j. Format A. Photos. Index
- Conditioon. Very good.
Byron's Legitimate Daughter
The Drama of Byron's marriage did not end with his death in Greece but culminated in the life and death of his daughter Ada, of whom no biography has hitherto appeared.
Besides considerable attractiveness, Ada was endowed with high mathematical and scientific ability, but her whole life was inexorably dominated by the ethos of her demanding mother, and not even her marriage at nineteen to the devoted Lord King, later first Earl of Lovelace, could entirely free her.
He scientific gifts showed early, and sme of her happiest experiences came from he association with Charles Babbage, founder of the modern computer. he marriage was as successful as a marriage can be in which the husband yields his will to a rich and omnipresent mother-in-law with strong ideas about the education of his children, but the background was full of secrets and subterfuges.
Ada misapplied her talents gambling on horses. This led to blackmail leading to estrangement from her mother, and the implacable hostility of Lady Byron against her once idolised son-in-lay.
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