Miranda Seymour: 3 books

Book cover of Thrumpton Hall

Thrumpton Hall

Elegy of an Obsessive Love

by Miranda Seymour
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

A biography and family memoir by turns hilarious and heart-wrenching, Miranda Seymour's Thrumpton Hall is a riveting, frequently shocking, and ultimately unforgettable true story of the devastating consequences of obsessive desire and misplaced love. "Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight."...
Book cover of In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter: Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace
by Miranda Seymour
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018

A masterful portrait of two remarkable women, revealing how two turbulent lives were always haunted by the dangerously enchanting, quicksilver spirit of that extraordinary father whom Ada never knew: Lord Byron. In 1815, the clever, courted, and cherished Annabella Milbanke married the notorious...
Book cover of The Pity of War

The Pity of War

England and Germany, Bitter Friends, Beloved Foes

by Miranda Seymour
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014

In 1613, a beautiful Stuart princess married a handsome young German prince. This was a love match, but it was also an alliance that aimed to meld Europe's two great Protestant powers. Before Elizabeth and Frederick left London for the court in Heidelberg, they watched a performance of The Winter's...
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