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Byron: A Life in Ten Letters

Top of the pile

83

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

92/100

Critics

75/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Andrew M. Stauffer

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Date:

February 22, 2024

Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Byron's death, this biography explores his life and work through some of his most resonant correspondence.

What The Reviewers Say

John Banville,
The Guardian (UK)
A rounded portrait, venereal scars and all, of one of the prime movers of the Romantic movement.
John Walsh,
The Times (UK)
Ingenious.
Camille Ralphs,
The Telegraph (UK)
Its debt to existing biographies is large, but its mosaic structure deftly deals with Byron’s evolutions.
Michael Dirda,
The Washington Post
We hear Byron’s rapid-fire conversational voice on the page.