O'Brien, Edna
Byron In Love
- ISBN 13:
- 9781474614443
- author:
- O'Brien, Edna
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Literary, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Byron in Love by Edna O'Brien is a candid and immediate biography that charts the many loves of the notorious 19th-century poet. This highly readable account explores the diverse and colourful women who played a significant role in Byron's life, revealing a complex and paradoxical individual whose flaws were both his downfall and his enduring legacy. Byron was a man of contradictions - beautiful and deformed, serious and facetious, profligate yet miserly - but it is through the lives of those he loved that we gain insight into his character. Edna O'Brien's biography offers a unique perspective on this fascinating figure, one that balances his notorious flaws with a magnetism and heroism that continues to appeal to readers. This biography provides a fresh and engaging look at Byron's life, shedding light on the people who mattered most to him and the passions that drove him.
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