Name/Title
The Caxtons AND LeilaEntry/Object ID
2022.165.13Description
The Caxtons are Austin Caxton, a scholar engaged on a great work, "The History of Human Error;" his wife Kitty, much his junior; his brother Roland, the Captain, who has served in the Napoleonic campaigns; the two children of the latter, Herbert and Blanche; and Austin's son, Pisistratus, who tells the story. The quiet country life of the family of Austin Caxton is interrupted by a visit to London. -Wikipedia
Leila; or, The Siege of Granada is a historical romance novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton published in 1838.[1]
The novel is set in Granada, Spain at the end of the Middle Ages — beginning in the summer of 1491.[1] It was originally published in an expensive form, with many engraved illustrations.[2] The preface to the 1860 edition explains that the novel has been less popular than his other works of fiction due to the prejudice against literary works that are thought to owe their value, in part, to the illustrations. -WikipediaCreate Date
June 11, 2022
