Byron : the flawed angel
In the decade before he died, George Gordon, Lord Byron, was possibly the most famous and notorious man in Europe. Over forty years have elapsed since the last full-scale biography of one of the greatest and most entertaining poets of any age; Phyllis Grosskurth offers a long overdue reappraisal that draws on significant new material. Byron (1788-1824) was an outsider all his life. Afflicted by a club foot, deprived of a father, oppressed and hum...
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