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Lord Byron was the most celebrated of all the Romantic poets. Troubled, handsome, sexually fluid, disabled, and transgressive, he wrote his way to international fame - and scandal - before...

Lord Byron in all his controversial splendor--the long-awaited, authoritative biography With this brilliant book, Fiona MacCarthy has produced the most important work on Byron in nearly half a century. Granted...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly cost to be Lord Byron — in pounds, shillings, and pence, as well as in passion, scandal, and legend? Lord...

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerExperience a powerful Southern Gothic masterpiece that uncovers the explosive racial tensions simmering beneath the surface of a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodTwo of Lord Byron's most celebrated works — the brooding, autobiographical Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the irreverent, satirical Don Juan — are brought together...

A generous selection from the most charismatic and infamous of the Romantic poets Described as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew poets have left as indelible a mark upon a landscape as Lord Byron did upon Greece, and...

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Author: Peter GunnBinding: HardbackPublished: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: chip on spineThis compelling biography, My Dearest Augusta: A Biography...

Author: George Gordon, Lord ByronBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded slipcaseGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron's "Don Juan: A Satiric Epic Of Modern Life"...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the twilight of his turbulent life, Lord Byron — poet, exile, and legend — fell into a love affair so consuming...

Author: E. BarringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: George G. Harrap & Co, 1926Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and dull...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if Lord Byron, on the eve of his death in the fever-ridden Greek town of Missolonghi, committed his most intimate confessions...

The book titled Byron: A Portrait by the author Leslie A. Marchand. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Iris OrigoBinding: HardbackPublished: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Stained book block. The acclaimed historical work The Last Attachment:...

Author: VariousBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Masterpiece Library Review of Reviews, London, 1895Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markings20 Volumes from the Penny Poets Series - 2: Marmion:...

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From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...

Byron's exotic poem on the love life and adventures of Don Juan Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the...

Author: Eugenia Russell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 206 At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the life of a petty tyrant in an obscure corner of the Ottoman Empire...

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...

From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. She...

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Author: Lucasta Miller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 A lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron; she changed English poetry; her novels, short...

A biography of Claire Clairmont, stepsister of Mary Shelley and mother of Byron's illegitimate daughter Allegra, by the late Robert Gittings and Jo Manton. Drawing on her letters and journals,...

Poems to make your blood run cold. Poems to make your heart beat faster. Poems to sink your teeth into... Seductively sinister, both frightening and alluring, the undead have always...

**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.**'Beautifully written, Clairmont...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore the age of the computer, there was Ada — a woman of breathtaking intellect born into the shadow of literary legend, whose genius would...

Author: A.L. RowseBinding: HardbackPublished: St. Martin's Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Byrons and Trevanions by A.L. Rowse chronicles the intricate histories of two distinguished Cornish families,...

Robert Byron is best remembered now for The Road to Oxiana. Less well-known is that, like many of his generation, notably Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh and Diana Cooper, he was...

Author: Violet W. WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Quiller Press, London, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book delves into the intricate history of the Byron family, exploring their lineage, notable members,...

They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories. 'A tale to freeze the blood,' was the only rule.Switzerland, 1816. On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests are...

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A classic of Italian literature, this epic and unforgettable novel recounts one man's long and turbulent life in revolutionary Italy At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA lush and atmospheric Gothic novel set against the backdrop of Regency England and...

Author: Emma Carroll Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 From the critically acclaimed author of In Darkling Wood comes a spine-tingling novel inspired by Frankenstein with more than a hint...