Suzi Feay

A free spirit: Clairmont, by Lesley McDowell, reviewed

Even by the Villa Diodati’s standards, Claire Clairmont was unconventional, seducing Byron when she was 18, and giving birth to their child after a possible affair with Shelley

Portrait of Claire Clairmont, by Amelia Curran, 1859. [Bridgeman Images]
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    Wildfire, pp. 400, £16

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