What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873 Recorded plaque organisation: Torbay Civic Society.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a Victorian-era novelist, poet, and politician known for his melodramatic style and works such as "The Last Days of Pompeii"; he is also remembered for the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night."
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