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17 de jun. de 2024 · La pluma es más poderosa que la espada, de Edward Bulwer-Lytton: Aunque escrita en 1839, esta frase captura el espíritu del Renacimiento y la Edad Media, donde el poder de las ideas y la escritura comenzó a desafiar la fuerza bruta.
13 de jun. de 2024 · As the daughter of the Viceroy of India, Lady Constance Lytton (1869–1923) was born into a life of immense privilege. But her involvement in the women’s suffrage movement saw her swap palaces for prison cells.
13 de jun. de 2024 · The English words “The pen is mightier than the sword” were first written by novelist and playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 in his historical play Cardinal Richelieu. Richelieu, chief minister to King Louis XIII, discovers a plot to kill him, but as a priest he is unable to take up arms against his enemies.
1 de jul. de 2024 · That Vansittart was a courageous woman indeed was also evident in her unconventional private life. As early as 1859, she had begun a love affair with the (married) politician, writer and baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton (his best-known book is probably "The Last Days of Pompeii").
28 de jun. de 2024 · We make the journey north to York to discover places associated with their lives, alongside other historic houses with literary associations such as Knebworth House, once the residence of dramatist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, and East Riddlesden Hall, believed to be the inspiration for Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore.
Hace 5 días · In 1836 Mrs. Elizabeth Barbara Bulwer Lytton erected five almshouses on the Codicote road for old and deserving people of the parish, supported by the Earl of Lytton.
Hace 4 días · Edward Bulwer-Lytton's well-known use of the phrase in his 1830 book, 'Paul Clifford' led to it being much criticised and the narrator in Ray Bradbury's book then apologises and rewords his description of the night.
