Byron: Child of Passion, Fool of Fame - Tapa dura

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 835 pages; Physical description: xi, 835 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Drawing upon family papers only recently available, this biography offers a full portrait of the women and men Byron loved, a detailed picture of his marriage, a new examination of his political ambitions and his hunger for a hero's place in history and addresses fully the man, his times and poetry. Subjects: Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron 1788-1824 -- Biography -- English literature -- Poetry and poets -- Romanticism -- Criticism and interpretation.