Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli
Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli (1800 – 1873) was the mistress of Lord Byron whilst he was living in Ravenna, Italy, and writing the first five cantos of Don Juan.[1] She wrote the biographical account Lord Byron's Life in Italy.[2]
Alexandre Dumas included her as a minor character in his novel The Count of Monte Cristo using the disguised name "Countess G-". Lord Byron also used this shortened name in his journals.
References
- ^ Susan J. Wolfson, Peter J. Manning (1996), Selected Poems By Lord George Gordon Byron, Penguin Classics, ISBN 9780140423815, http://books.google.com/?id=DkCnPulnurwC&pg=PP3&lpg=PP3&dq=Teresa,+Contessa+Guiccioli
- ^ Teresa Guiccioli (2005), Lord Byron's Life in Italy, University of Delaware Press, ISBN 9780874137163, http://books.google.com/?id=xnLWs6r4DiUC&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4&vq=Teresa+Contessa+Guiccioli&dq=Teresa+Contessa+Guiccioli
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