This was a beautifully written, highly detailed, fictionalized account of the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, credited by many as the first to write a computer program. Kudos to the author on her detailed research into the life of Ada and the diligence with which she laid out Ada's life for us. However, the book got tedious at times, particularly in the early chapters which describe Ada's infancy and childhood at great length. I would have been totally fine if this book were a hundred pages shorter.