βHow long itβs taken for these two mad, bad and dangerous writers to get together!ββAlan Cheuse, San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna OβBrien has written a βjauntyβ (The New Yorker) biography that suits her fiery and charismatic subject. She follows Byron from the dissipations of Regency London to the wilds of Albania and the Socratic pleasures of Greece and Turkey, culminating in his meteoric rise to fame at the age of twenty-four. With βa novelistβs understanding of tempo and characterizationβ (Miami Herald), OβBrien captures the spirit of the man and creates an indelible portrait that explodes the Romantic myth. Byron, as brilliantly rendered by OβBrien, is the poet as rebel, imaginative and lawless, and defiantly immortal. 8 pages of b/w illustrations
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