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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Claire Clairmont
Born: April 27, 1798
Died: March 19, 1879 (aged 80)
Bio: Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, or Claire Clairmont as she was commonly known, was the stepsister of writer Mary Shelley and the mother of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra.