contessa Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

Born Evelyn Lilian Haseldine Carrington in 1852, she became Countess Martinengo-Cesaresco after marrying Count Eugenio Martinengo-Cesaresco in Rome in 1882. Sources describe her as a British historian and folklorist, and note her strong interest in Italy and especially in the history of Italian unification.

She is best remembered for writing accessible, well-regarded books that brought large subjects to general readers. Among her best-known works are The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870, Italian Characters in the Epoch of Unification, and Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs, which reflects her gift for combining literary style with a serious interest in popular tradition.

Her reputation rests on the way she connected scholarship with storytelling. Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she helped popularize historical and ethnographic material for a broad audience, and she remains an interesting figure for readers drawn to Italy, folklore, and cultural history.