Leigh Hunt takes centre stage in a circle that was to include Shelley and his wife Mary, Mary's half sister Claire Clairmont and Hunt's sister-in-law Elizabeth. Daisy Hay tells the story of the scandal and tragedy, gossip and poetry of the turbulent communal existence of this youthful group between 1814 and 1824.
Leigh Hunt takes centre stage in a circle that was to include Shelley and his wife Mary, Mary's half sister Claire Clairmont and Hunt's sister-in-law ...
He was a debt-ridden dandy, a mid-ranking novelist armed with enormous political ambition. She was a moneyed widow twelve years older than her new husband, always overdressed for society dinners and never one to hold her tongue. Mary Anne and Benjamin Disraeli made an unlikely match, yet they rose to the very pinnacle of Victorian society.
He was a debt-ridden dandy, a mid-ranking novelist armed with enormous political ambition. She was a moneyed widow twelve years older than her new hus...
