A prolific English novelist and dramatist known for his popular and diverse novels and plays, Bulwer-Lytton wrote in a variety of genres from history and mystery, to romance, science fiction, horror, and the occult. Bulwer-Lytton was also a member of Parliament, serving two non-consecutive terms (first as a reformer, then returning after 11 years as a Conservative) before being appointed colonial secretary in 1858. His personal life became notorious after an acrimonious divorce, followed by his ex-wife Rosina's publication of her thinly fictionalized Cheveley, or the Man of Honour (1839), a bitter satire of her ex-husband's infidelities. Bulwer's literary career began while he was still at Cambridge with the award of the Chancellor's Prize for his poem Sculpture. His early works, novels of manners like Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman (1828) and Paul Clifford (1830), are said to be influenced by his friendship with William Godwin. He is best known for historical novels like The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) and Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes (1835); a series of domestic novels starting with The Caxtons: A Family Picture (1849); his utopian novel, The Coming Race (1871); and his plays, The Lady of Lyons (1838), Richelieu (1839), and Money (1840). The following list of his other publications is not exhaustive, but covers most of his novels as well as several other notable works. These include Falkland (1827); O'Neill; or, The Rebel (1827); The Disowned (1828); Devereux: A Tale (1829); The Siamese Twins: A Satirical Tale of the Times (1831); Eugene Aram: A Tale (1832); England and the English (1833); Godolphin: A Novel (1833); Ernest Maltravers (1837); Alice; or, The Mysteries: A Sequel to "Ernest Maltravers" (1838); Night and Morning (1841); Zanoni (1842); The Last of the Barons (1843); Lucretia; or, The Children of Night (1846); Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings (1848); King Arthur: An Epic Poem (1849); What Will He Do With It? by Pisistratus Caxton (1858); A Strange Story (1862); The Parisians (1873); and Kenelm Chillingly: His Adventures and Opinions (1873). and