Page "Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton" Paragraph 7

In June 1858, when her husband was standing as parliamentary candidate for Hertfordshire, she indignantly denounced him at the hustings.

He retaliated by threatening her publishers, withholding her allowance, and denying access to the children.

Finally he had her committed to a mental asylum.

But, after a public outcry she was released a few weeks later.

This incident was chronicled in her memoir, A Blighted Life ( 1880 ).

For years she continued her attacks upon her husband ’ s character.

Bulwer-Lytton in later life