Joined: 19 Aug 2005
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: Magnificent Byron biography
I am surprised that Byron hasn't been mentioned here at all (so it would seem), but Mary McCarthy's biography is a masterpiece and, unusually, slants the argument towards Messolonghi. (Most Byroniana I've read concentrates on his - ahem - turbulent middle years).
