Project Gutenberg 2015-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 58 Lee, Elizabeth 1857 1920 Masterman, Lucy 1884 1977 Lyttleton, Lucy Lyttelton, Lucy Masterman, Mrs. C. F. G. Masterman, Mrs. Charles 18012611 Wives of the Prime Ministers, 1844-1906 Lady Caroline Lamb -- Lady Peel -- Lady John Russell (Countess Russell) -- Lady Palmerston -- Mrs. Disraeli (Countess of Beaconsfield) -- Mrs. Gladstone -- Lady Salisbury -- Lady Campbell-Bannerman. Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Wives of the Prime Ministers, 1844-1906" by Elizabeth Lee and Lucy Masterman is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work examines the lives and influences of the wives of various British Prime Ministers during the 19th century, highlighting their roles in political affairs despite their indirect involvement. The book explicitly aims to shed light on the significant yet often overlooked impact these women had on the political landscape of their time. The opening of the book introduces Lady Caroline Lamb, who is characterized as a whimsical and capricious woman, whose unique upbringing and life experiences shaped her eccentric personality. It details her unconventional and romantic marriage to William Lamb, later Lord Melbourne, as well as her significant, albeit tumultuous, relationship with the poet Lord Byron. The narrative captures the complexity of her character and her passions, emphasizing how these relationships and her personal struggles intertwined with the broader social and political contexts of the time. Overall, the beginning sets the stage for a deeper exploration of how the wives of prominent leaders navigated their influential but often unrecognized roles in political life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Biography Women -- Biography Statesmen's spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography DA HQ Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British 431444 431473 2024-09-21T03:41:55.589216 2023-09-21T13:34:43.528848 text/html text/html 418661 2015-09-21T21:27:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 658206 2015-09-21T21:27:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 726027 2024-09-21T03:42:04.446882 application/epub+zip 725937 2024-09-21T03:41:57.615248 application/epub+zip 245558 2024-09-21T03:41:56.523202 application/epub+zip 843889 2024-09-21T03:42:09.286630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 805672 2024-09-21T03:42:03.428663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327242 2022-09-22T15:51:41.111177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346333 346142 2024-09-21T03:41:54.513257 2023-09-21T13:34:42.531846 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 346653 2015-09-21T21:27:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 134584 2015-09-21T21:27:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20060 2024-09-21T03:42:09.444621 application/rdf+xml 15532 2024-09-21T03:41:56.660225 image/jpeg 1811 2024-09-21T03:41:56.592211 image/jpeg 660494 2024-09-21T03:41:55.649214 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia