Lord Byron Accounts Rendered
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What does it truly cost to be Lord Byron — in pounds, shillings, and pence, as well as in passion, scandal, and legend? Lord Byron Accounts Rendered by Doris Langley Moore presents a forensically detailed and utterly captivating portrait of George Gordon, Lord Byron, one of the English Romantic movement's most electrifying figures, through the meticulous lens of his personal financial records, household accounts, and correspondence. Moore, a pre-eminent Byron scholar and founder of the Museum of Costume, marshals decades of archival research to reconstruct the lived reality behind the myth — the debts, the extravagances, the generosity, and the chronic fiscal chaos that shadowed the poet from his ancestral seat at Newstead Abbey to his final days fighting for Greek independence at Missolonghi. Written with the authority of a biographer who understands that money is never merely money, Moore illustrates how Byron's accounts reveal the full texture of his character: his aristocratic impulses warring with his radical sympathies, his reckless romanticism undercut by a surprisingly sharp commercial mind. Her prose is rigorous yet never dry, transforming ledgers and receipts into windows onto a turbulent Romantic soul. For anyone who believes they already know Byron, this meticulous and revelatory work promises to overturn every assumption.
Author: Doris Langley Moore
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, John Murray
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What does it truly cost to be Lord Byron — in pounds, shillings, and pence, as well as in passion, scandal, and legend? Lord Byron Accounts Rendered by Doris Langley Moore presents a forensically detailed and utterly captivating portrait of George Gordon, Lord Byron, one of the English Romantic movement's most electrifying figures, through the meticulous lens of his personal financial records, household accounts, and correspondence. Moore, a pre-eminent Byron scholar and founder of the Museum of Costume, marshals decades of archival research to reconstruct the lived reality behind the myth — the debts, the extravagances, the generosity, and the chronic fiscal chaos that shadowed the poet from his ancestral seat at Newstead Abbey to his final days fighting for Greek independence at Missolonghi. Written with the authority of a biographer who understands that money is never merely money, Moore illustrates how Byron's accounts reveal the full texture of his character: his aristocratic impulses warring with his radical sympathies, his reckless romanticism undercut by a surprisingly sharp commercial mind. Her prose is rigorous yet never dry, transforming ledgers and receipts into windows onto a turbulent Romantic soul. For anyone who believes they already know Byron, this meticulous and revelatory work promises to overturn every assumption.