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Brand, Emily

 
9781473664326: The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

Synopsis

THE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

'Gobsmacking' The Times

'Luscious' Mail on Sunday

'Delectable . . . ravishing' Sunday Times

'A chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights - jump in' Lucy Worsley

'Stranger than fiction, as dark as any gothic drama . . . utterly gripping' Amanda Foreman

'Brings to life the colourful characters of the Georgian era's most notorious families with all the verve and skill of the era's finest novelists . . . A powdered and pomaded, sordid and silk-swathed adventure' Hallie Rubenhold



Many know Lord Byron as leading poet of the Romantic movement. But few know the dynasty from which he emerged; infamous for its scandal and impropriety, with tales of elopement, murder, kidnaping, profligacy, doomed romance and adultery. A sumptuous story that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentleman's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France, The Fall of the House of Byron is the acclaimed account of intense family drama over three turbulent generations.

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À propos de l'auteur

Emily Brand is an author, historian and genealogist specialising in social history and romantic relationships during the long eighteenth century. She has written for The Times, The Telegraph, the Radio Times and the Washington Post, and previously worked as an editor of history and classic literature for Oxford University. The Fall of the House of Byron was selected for BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week and the Sunday Times 'Best Summer Reads' 2020, and shortlisted for the Elma Dangerfield Prize.

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9781473664302: The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

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ISBN 10 :  1473664306 ISBN 13 :  9781473664302
Editeur : John Murray, 2020
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