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dward Bulwer-Lytton was one of the most popular novelists of 19th century England. 'Pelham', 'Paul Clifford', 'Eugene Aram', 'The Last Days of Pompeii', 'Rienzi', 'Zanoni', 'Last of the Barons', 'The Caxtons' and many other titles were widely read throughout the English speaking world and translated into many other languages.
ulwer-Lytton was an early admirer of 
oet, dramatist, man of letters, he found time also for politics. As a young liberal he was a member of the Reform Parliament of 1832. Later, at the instigation of his friend Disraeli, he joined the Tories and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1858-59.
is marriage to Rosina Wheeler, a strong willed Irish beauty, was a disaster. An early separation was followed by 40 years of acrimonious warfare, culminating in Rosina’s incarceration in a private asylum following her vociferous intervention at an election rally in 1858.
major academic conference on Bulwer-Lytton’s life and work entitled Bulwer-Lytton 2000 was sponsored by the Institute of English Studies at London University in July 2000. For details of that event click 