Insane or heroic? Debauched or lonely? Lord Byron in his own words
Andrew Stauffer’s rollicking biography Byron: A Life in Ten Letters tells the Romantic poet’s story through his own wild words
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Andrew Stauffer’s rollicking biography Byron: A Life in Ten Letters tells the Romantic poet’s story through his own wild words
If he didn’t play hard to get, we wouldn’t fancy it – particularly as the poet seems to be telling us straight that life and art are futile