{"product_id":"byron-9781444799866","title":"Byron","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiona MacCarthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron''s life and poetry drawing on John Murray''s world-famous archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe brings a fresh eye to his early years: his childhood in Scotland, embattled relations with his mother, the effect of his deformed foot on his development. She traces his early travels in the Mediterranean and the East, throwing light on his relationships with adolescent boys - a hidden subject in earlier biographies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile paying due attention to the compelling tragicomedy of Byron''s marriage, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta and the clamorous attention of his female fans, she gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular that with his publisher John Murray. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron''s poetry became more recklessly controversial.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eByron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a ''superstar'' in 1812, after the publication of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magisterial account\u003c\/b\u003e of Byron's life as a poet, public figure and serial shagger, this 674- page biography is both \u003cb\u003escholarly and readable\u003c\/b\u003e . . .\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMacCarthy also pays due attention to the poetry, and charts his posthumous influence on figures as diverse as Disraeli, Oscar Wilde and W H Auden * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona McCarthy deserves huge credit for uncovering so much new and illuminating information\u003c\/b\u003e. This \u003cb\u003eimpressive\u003c\/b\u003e biography was originally published in 2002 and has now been updated after MacCarthy undertook new research . . . \u003cb\u003eentertaining and easy-to-read\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Examiner *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083975369047,"sku":"9781444799866","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444799866.jpg?v=1725550635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/byron-9781444799866","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}