Fiona MacCarthy has overcome this to produce an immaculately researched biography, which is also her refreshing personal view. The problem for a biographer is sifting the truth from the sentimental, the self-serving and the spurious. The Byron legend grew to unprecedented proportions after his death in the Greek War of Independence at the age of thirty-six. Byron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a 'superstar' in 1812, after the publication of Childe Harold. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron's poetry became more recklessly controversial.

While paying due attention to the compelling tragicomedy of Byron's marriage, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta and the clamorous attention of his female fans, she gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular that with his publisher John Murray. She traces his early travels in the Mediterranean and the East, throwing light on his relationships with adolescent boys - a hidden subject in earlier biographies. She brings a fresh eye to his early years: his childhood in Scotland, embattled relations with his mother, the effect of his deformed foot on his development. Granted unprecedented access to many documents and. OL2862238W Page_number_confidence 96.53 Pages 728 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20190703185952 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 587 Scandate 20190703091618 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog trent Scribe3_search_id 0116405224969 Tts_version 2.Fiona MacCarthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron's life and poetry drawing on John Murray's world-famous archive. With this book, Fiona MacCarthy has produced the most important work on Byron in nearly half a century.

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