Captain Alfred Hemans
left his wife, FH
, near the time of his youngest son
's birth, for a short stay in Rome which turned into a permanent desertion.
Scholars are virtually unanimous in portraying...
Family and Intimate relationships
Felicia Hemans
Her youngest and favourite son, Charles Isidore Hemans
, was with her at her death. He became an antiquary and writer who left England for Europe while still young and finally settled in Rome, where...
Literary responses
Jane Williams
Charles Hemans
, Felicia Hemans
's youngest son, wrote JW
to thank her for raising a worthy monument to his mother.
Fraser, Maxwell. “Jane Williams (Ysgafell) 1806-1885”. Brycheiniog, Vol.
7
, 1961, pp. 95-114.
108
He also praised the rest of the work for its elevating influences.
Fraser, Maxwell. “Jane Williams (Ysgafell) 1806-1885”. Brycheiniog, Vol.