Bulwer-Lytton by John S Moore Visit Knebworth, ancestral home of the Lytton family, and before the first Baron s writing desk the guide informs you that although he was a very famous novelist in his day nobody reads him any more. This is not much of an exaggeration. The last of his books to be popular was The Last Days of Pompeii, a cruder work than his best historical novels, though credited ...