Enchantress of Numbers

Posted on 27 July 2017 by Jennifer Chiaverini

The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth Estranged from Ada s father, who was infamously mad, bad, and dangerous to know, Ada s mathematician mother is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage Banishing fairy tales and make believe from the nursery, Ada s mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science Any troubling spark of imagination or worse yet, passion or poetry is promptly extinguished Or so her mother believes.When Ada is introduced into London society as a highly eligible young heiress, she at last discovers the intellectual and social circles she has craved all her life Little does she realize that her delightful new friendship with inventor Charles Babbage brilliant, charming, and occasionally curmudgeonly will shape her destiny Intrigued by the prototype of his first calculating machine, the Difference Engine, and enthralled by the plans for his even advanced Analytical Engine, Ada resolves to help Babbage realize his extraordinary vision, unique in her understanding of how his invention could transform the world All the while, she passionately studies mathematics ignoring skeptics who consider it an unusual, even unhealthy pursuit for a woman falls in love, discovers the shocking secrets behind her parents estrangement, and comes to terms with the unquenchable fire of her imagination. New Read [ Enchantress of Numbers ] By [ Jennifer Chiaverini ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr An overly long prologue to this book tells the story of the courtship and brief unhappy marriage of Lord Byron and his wife Annabella that resulted in the birth of one child, Augusta Ada later known as Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace I had never heard of Ada, but some have credited her with being the first computer programmer That is probably an overstatement I was expectingabout the life of a scientist or a glimpse into her creative process but there is almost none of that in this An overly long prologue to this book tells the story of the courtship and brief unhappy marriage of Lord Byron and his wife Annabella that resulted in the birth of one child, Augusta Ada later known as Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace I had never heard of Ada, but some have credited her with being the first computer programmer That is probably an overstatement I was expectingabout the life of a scientist or a glimpse into her creative process but there is almost none of that in this book Not until the end of the book do we see Ada actually performing any scientific work The emphasis was defini...2.5 Stars While I thought this was a very informative and well researched book about Ada Lovelace this at times was tedious to read I didn t know much beforehand about her life except that she was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron who was considered a womanizer and who had a possible scandalous relationship with his half sister This was an insightful look into a young woman whose life begun in a custody battle after her parents became estranged and who suffered life under an overprot 2.5 Stars While I thought this was a very informative and well researched book about Ada Lovelace this at times was tedious to read I didn t know much beforehand about her life except that she was the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron who was considered a womanizer and who had a possible scandalous relationship with his half sister This was an insightful look into a young woman whose life begun in a custody battle after her parents became estranged and who suffered life under an overprotective mother who feared she would inherit the dreaded Byron constitution of depravity and over indulgence As she grew up Ada could scarcely test her wings and fly because her mother quashed every notion she had whether it was friendship and of course, love I felt for Ada because she was never given the chance to develop a relationship with her father except for reading his poems and hear about the notoriety of his life, it was a wonder that she went to become a mathematical genius i...This was a good fictional account of Ada Lovelace s life In the future I plan on readingabout her.There is not much else to say because the story speaks for its self.DNFThat this book is a did not finish makes me super sad Jennifer Chaiverini has been one of my go to authors for many years she was one of the few mainstream authors I could count on for a well written novel especially her historical portraits that was clean Unfortunately, with this novel, that is not the case.To my clean reading friends, you probably want to skip this one as it contains a graphic intimate scene between the main character and one of her tutors That was the point where DNFThat this book is a did not finish makes me super sad Jennifer Chaiverini has been one of my go to authors for many years she was one of the few mainstream authors I could count on for a well written novel especially her historical portraits that was clean Unfortunately, with this novel, that is not the ...I knew Jennifer Chiaverini as the quilt novel author She introduced me to the idea that quilts were signposts for the Underground Railroad in The Runaway Quilt which I loved I knew that she d been writing biographical novels of female historical figures, but I didn t sit up and take notice until it was Ada Lovelace in Enchantress of Numbers I ve always wanted to knowabout her role in the development of the early precursors to computers So I requested an ARC from Net Galley and was deli I knew Jennifer Chiaverini as the quilt novel author She introduced me to the idea that quilts were signposts for the Underground Railroad in The Runaway Quilt which I loved I knew that she d been writing biographical novels of female historical figures, but I didn t sit up and take notice until it was Ada Lovelace in Enchantress of Numbers I ve always wanted to knowabout her role in the development of the early precursors to computers So I requested an ARC from Net Galley and was delighted when I was approved by the publisher This is my review.We can t really know about Ada s contribution to Charles Babbage s conceptualization of his proto computers the Difference Engine and the Analytic Engine This is a topic that is fodder for speculation for historical...ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS Written by Jennifer ChiaveriniDecember 2017 446 Pages Dutton Genre historical fiction, history, biography, science mathListened to on Audio I received an ARC from the PUBLISHER via NETGALLEY RATING 3 STARSI have to admit that I becameinterested in Ada Lovelace due to her father, Byron I enjoyed Byron s poetry and study him and his friends, Mary and Percy Shelley s work for school He is a fascinating person in literature history He also sounds like a huge jerk ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS Written by Jennifer ChiaveriniDecember 2017 446 Pages Dutton Genre historical fiction, history, bi...I enjoyed reading about Ada Lovelace s life, especially since the only thing I knew about her was that she is considered to be the first computer programmer This was the first book I ve read by Chiaverini, and I found the writing style to be well, lacking somewhat I didn t feel as connected to the characters as I should have been it seemed like Chiaverini was didn t want to stray too far from the facts of Ada s life, but in doing so these historical personages come off as rather flat chara I enjoyed reading about Ada Lovelace s life, especially since the only thing I knew about her was that she is considered to be the first computer programmer This was the first book I ve read by Chiaverini, and I found the writing style to be well, lacking somewhat I didn t feel as connected to the characters as I should have been it seemed like Chiaverini was di...After reading about Ada Lovelace in The Colors of Madeleine Series by Jaclyn Moriarty, this book immediately caught my eye on the Edelweiss site A big thanks to them and Penguin Publishing for the ARC of this forthcoming novel.Chiaverini took great care in telling Ada s story beginning with the romance between her mother and Lord Byron, their calamitous marriage and estrangement and then continuing to tell Ada s story from birth to death It is difficult to be sympathetic to Lady Byron through After reading about Ada Lovelace in The Colors of Madeleine Series by Jaclyn Moriarty, this book immediately caught my eye on the Edelweiss site A big thanks to them and Penguin Publishing for the ARC of this forthcoming novel.Chiaverini took great care in telling Ada s story beginning with the romance between her mother and Lord Byron, their calamitous marriage and estrangement and then continuing to tell Ada s story from birth to death It is difficult to be sympathetic to Lady Byron through much of the book, but we get a very good understanding of Ada and how her parentage contributed to her title of Enchantress of Numbers which in that time was quite a feat for a woman The context was also thoroughly done and we see the rise and fall of monarchs as well as Ada s friendship with historical figures like Charles Dicken...Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini is a historical fiction look into the life of Ada Byron Lovelace I admit to knowing very little about her and that s why I requested this book as an ARCHowever, I just never connected to the character s and felt the book was overlong and drawn out The style of narration through her childhood put me off First seemingly from her mother s POV, but finishing up with me being Ada Ada s personality was unlikeable, as were the host of other people Encha...Jennifer Chiaverini captures the essence of Regency England in her book Enchantress of Numbers A Novel of Ada Lovelace While I knew about Lord Bryon, his affair with Caroline Lamb, I knew nothing about his maligned wife and forgotten daughter Annabella Milbanke falls madly in love with the mercurial poet Bryon, and despite misgivings at his odd behavior marries him She discovers her husband s shocking secret, separating from him and moving home with her parents Cool, calculating, and logica Jennifer Chiaverini captures the essence of Regency England in her book Enchantress of Numbers A Novel of Ada Lovelace While I knew about Lord Bryon, his affair with Caroline Lamb, I knew nothing about his maligned wife and forgotten daughter Annabella Milbanke falls madly in love with the mercurial poet Bryon, and despite misgivings at his odd behavior marries him She discovers her husband s shocking secret, separating from him and moving home with her parents Cool, calculating, and logical, Lady Bryon brings us Bron s sole offspring, Augusta Ada with the intention of stifling her erratic father s mad blood In an austere and ...

27 July 2017

Jennifer Chiaverini