The Fall of the House of Byron Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England |
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| Author:
| Brand, Emily |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4736-6432-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2021 |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $26.99 |
Book Description:
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THE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Gobsmacking' The Times 'Luscious' Mail on Sunday 'Delectable . . . ravishing' Sunday Times 'A chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights - jump in' Lucy Worsley 'Stranger than fiction, as dark as any gothic drama . . . utterly gripping' Amanda Foreman 'Brings to life the colourful characters of the...
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THE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
'Gobsmacking' The Times
'Luscious' Mail on Sunday
'Delectable . . . ravishing' Sunday Times
'A chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights - jump in' Lucy Worsley
'Stranger than fiction, as dark as any gothic drama . . . utterly gripping' Amanda Foreman
'Brings to life the colourful characters of the Georgian era's most notorious families with all the verve and skill of the era's finest novelists . . . A powdered and pomaded, sordid and silk-swathed adventure' Hallie Rubenhold
Many know Lord Byron as leading poet of the Romantic movement. But few know the dynasty from which he emerged; infamous for its scandal and impropriety, with tales of elopement, murder, kidnaping, profligacy, doomed romance and adultery. A sumptuous story that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentleman's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France, The Fall of the House of Byron is the acclaimed account of intense family drama over three turbulent generations.