Louisa Stuart Costello born October 9, 1799 in Paris, France near the Seine River (per her death certificate) Died April 24, 1870in Boulogne Sur Mer, France of mouth Cancer. She had no true home, but wandered place to place staying with friends and aquaintances. Her brother Dudley Costello (b. 1803 in Sussex d. 1865 from liver failure. He drank himself to death after the death of his wife.) She has written over 100 texts, articles, poems, songs and knew such people as Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Lord Byron, Thomas Moore...She was a poet, historian, journalist, painter, novelist, daughter and sister. Her father was Colonel James Francis Costello, who died in April 1814 while fighting Napoleon. She did not live chiefly in Paris, in fact she did not return to France until after her mother sent for her in 1815/181lived chiefly in Paris, where she was a miniature-painter. In 1815 she published The Maid of the Cyprus Isle, etc. (poems). She also wrote books of travel, which were very popular, as were her novels, chiefly founded on French history. Another work, published in 1835, is Specimens of the Early Poetry of France. 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

For further discussion and sharing information on Louisa Stuart Costello, write to dreamingon562@yahoo.com This article incorporates text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John W. Cousin, published around 1910. ...