Summer in the shadow of Byron

Stott, Andrew McConnell, 1969- author.

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In the spring of 1816, Lord Byron was the greatest poet of his generation and the most famous man in Britain, but his personal life was about to erupt. Fleeing his celebrity, notoriety and debts, he sought refuge in Europe, taking his young doctor with him.

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 Friends and associates

Byron, George Gordon, 1810-1882

Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane, 1798-1879

Polidori, John William, 1795-1821

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 Friends and associates

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ISBN:

9781847678720
1847678726

Description:

xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-415) and index

Contents:

St George's Day
Directions for John
The footing of an equal
That odd-headed girl
Here is a man
An empire's dust
Young Tahitians
A star in the halo of the moon
Fog of the jura
To die of joy
The hero of Milan
Household gods
The vampyre
Sea Sodom
Torn clouds before the hurricane

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1359277

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