Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, this biography explores his life and work through some of his most resonant correspondence.
A rounded portrait, venereal scars and all, of one of the prime movers of the Romantic movement ... Stauffer’s book is a splendid thing, colourful and busy with incident, but always thoughtful and astute in its judgments.
Ingenious ... Successive chapters, like vivid lantern slides, illuminate the whole Byronic landscape ... It’s an oft-told story, but this version is sublime ... This devilishly readable book brings Regency England and Napoleonic Europe to howling life and pulls its disgraceful but irresistible subject into dazzling focus.
