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Edward Bulwer-Lytton , born on May 25, 1803, in London , was a versatile writer and politician from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge , and later Trinity Hall, Cambridge . Bulwer-Lytton used pseudonyms Owen Meredith and Pisistratus Caxton during his career. He was a playwright , poet , novelist , and politician , and he passed away in Torquay on January 18, 1873 . His mother was Elizabeth Barbara Lytton , and his child was Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton .
Among his most notable works are "Leila: or The Siege of Granada" , "Rienzi" , "Eugene Aram" , "Paul Clifford" , "The Last Days of Pompeii" , "The Last of the Barons" , "The Lady of Lyons" , "Ernest Maltravers" , and "Not So Bad as We Seem, or, Many Sides to a Character: A Comedy in Five Acts" .