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Lady Caroline Lamb
1785–1828
A brilliant, scandalous figure of the Regency era, she is remembered both for her stormy affair with Lord Byron and for turning high society into fiction. Her novel Glenarvon helped make her one of the most talked-about women of her age.
3 Audiobooks
Glenarvon, Volume 1 (of 3)
by Lady Caroline Lamb
Glenarvon, Volume 2 (of 3)
by Lady Caroline Lamb
Glenarvon, Volume 3 (of 3)
by Lady Caroline Lamb
About the author
Born Caroline Ponsonby in 1785, Lady Caroline Lamb was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, writer, and socialite who moved in some of the most powerful political and literary circles of her day. In 1805 she married William Lamb, who later became Viscount Melbourne and, after her death, prime minister.
She is best known for her short but explosive relationship with Lord Byron in 1812. The phrase often linked to her — describing him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" — has helped keep her name alive, but it can overshadow her own work and sharp intelligence.
Lady Caroline Lamb was also a novelist and poet. Her best-known book, Glenarvon (1816), drew on the world of fashionable society and caused a sensation for its recognizable portraits and emotional force. She died in 1828, but she remains a vivid and compelling figure in Regency literary history.