L.E.L.By: Lucasta Miller A famous poet, a mysterious death and a story stranger than fiction. this is the lost life and mytserious death of the 'Female Byron' On 15 October 1838, the body of a thirty six year old woman was found in Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, a bottle of prussic acid in her hand. She was one of the most famous English poets of her day: Letitia Elizabeth Landon, known by her initials 'L. E. L.' What was she doing in Africa? Was her death