Project Gutenberg 2015-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 522 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.) Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Biography Women -- Biography Statesmen's spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography DA HQ Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Royalty 431631 2025-09-20T06:12:33.691349 text/html 398136 2024-10-22T23:10:14 text/html 726149 2025-09-20T06:12:41.392381 application/epub+zip 725984 2025-09-20T06:12:35.516364 application/epub+zip 245608 2025-09-20T06:12:34.520359 application/epub+zip 843913 2025-09-20T06:12:45.582264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 805786 2025-09-20T06:12:40.536290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327242 2022-09-22T15:51:41.111177 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346180 2025-09-20T06:12:32.782365 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 326293 2024-10-22T23:10:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18468 2025-09-20T06:12:45.730284 application/rdf+xml 15532 2025-09-20T06:12:34.646325 image/jpeg 1811 2025-09-20T06:12:34.582342 image/jpeg 660545 2025-09-20T06:12:33.747379 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia