Bibliograph

Enchantress of numbers, a novel of Ada Lovelace, Jennifer Chiaverini

Type

Label

Enchantress of numbers, a novel of Ada Lovelace, Jennifer Chiaverini

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-433)

Illustrations

genealogical tables

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Enchantress of numbers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

971462712

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Chiaverini

Series statement

Ada Lovelace

Sub title

a novel of Ada Lovelace

Summary

"The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. Estranged from Ada's father, who was infamously "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," Ada's mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada's mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. Any troubling spark of imagination--or worse yet, passion or poetry--is promptly extinguished. Or so her mother believes. When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she at last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life. Little does she realize that her delightful new friendship with inventor Charles Babbage--brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly--will shape her destiny ..."--Jacket

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