![]() ![]() 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. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron's poetry became more recklessly controversial.īyron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a 'superstar' in 1812, after the publication of Childe Harold. 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. ![]() ![]() Fiona MacCarthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron's life and poetry drawing on John Murray's world-famous archive. ![]()
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