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Lord Byron was a gifted poet and a superb letter writer. His letters are enlivened by his wit, irony, honesty, and the sharpness of his observation of people. They provide a vivid self-portrait of the man who, of all his contemporaries, seems to express attitudes and feelings most in tune with the twentieth century while also offering a glimpse into his own time.
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"Voyeuristically fascinating glimpses into the passions, longings and frustrations of some of history's most erudite, rational and driven individuals.
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About Lord Byron
Lord Byron (1788-1824), as the English poet
George Gordon Byron, sixth Baron Byron is commonly known, was the most
flamboyant and notorious of the Romantics and a leader of the era’s poetic
revolution. While pursuing a unconventional lifestyle of international travel,
risqué love affairs, and general debauchery, he produced massive amounts of beautiful,
emotion-stirring works. He died at the young age of 36 after falling ill while
commanding Greek troops in a fight for independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Though Lord
Byron was refused the honor of a burial at Westminster Abbey, as was custom for
someone of his stature, his memorial stone was finally placed in the abbey’s Poets’
Corner in 1969.
About Robert Powell
Robert Powell has, in addition to playing Richard Hannay on screen in The Thirty-Nine Steps, appeared on television in Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Holby City.