Byron / Elizabeth Longford
1976, First Edition. London: Hutchinson; Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #319774
ISBN: 0091273005
Physical description: xii, 231 p., [16] p. of plates; ill.; 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p.220-222. - Includes index. Contents: List of illustrations -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- 1. 'Hot youth' 1788-1809 -- 2. The air of Greece 1809-11 -- 3. 'Byr'n ... Byr'n ... Byrn'n ...' 1811-13 -- 4. Courtship and marriage 1814-15 -- 5. Separation and exile 1816 -- 6. Abandonment to Venice 1816-19 -- 7. Don Juan's last attachment 1819-21 -- 8. A nest of singing birds 1821-23 -- 9. Sons of the Greeks, arise! 1823 -- 10. The Byronic vision : 1824 and after -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 Biography. Poets, English 19th century; Biography. Poetry in English Byron, George Gordon, Baron Byron Biographies. Genre: Biographies.
Price: €28.00