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Byron: Life and Legend

by Fiona MacCarthy · 2002

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This biography reinterprets the great man's life and poetry. MacCarthy casts a fresh eye on Byron's childhood in Scotland, his embattled relations with his mother and his series of relationships with adolescent boys.

Subject
biographyhistorymemoir
Genre
LGBT
Themes
writersLGBT
Setting
19th centuryeuropeengland
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 688 pages
Form
poetry

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