The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli - Couverture souple

Origo, Iris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782272674 ISBN 13 : 9781782272670

Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2017

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'A meticulous and at times inspired biographer' -- Spectator

'A colourful book' -- New York Times

'A fascinating and sincere biography... a treasure trove... gives off a rich aroma of those forgone and unbelievably romantic days' -- Kirkus Review

'A sublime wordsmith and an astute and passionate observer of human behaviour' --New York Times

'Origo was a remarkable writer, with a clear, engaging style, a mind steeped in history and scholarship, but alive always to the nuances and subtleties of human relationships. The hope is that [Pushkin's republication of her work] bring her a new generation of readers' --TLS

'In her biographies she was able to write precisely on the cusp between the two cultures, turning her work into a bridge of interpretation and understanding' --Tessa Hadley, London Review of Books

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The last - and arguably most intense - love affair of one of the greatest British poets

Teresa Guiccioli was just nineteen, and recently married to a jealous husband nearly three times her age, when she met Byron. He was one of the most infamous men in Europe; she was an inexperienced but beautiful provincial noblewoman. For the next four years, until Byron went to Greece, this formed the basis of a passionate, scandalous, and very intense love affair.

Iris Origo, bestselling biographer and author of War in Val d'Orcia, was the first to have access to over a hundred love letters and family papers from the time of this affair. She uses these to illustrate the moving story, told with authority and clarity, of Byron and Teresa's turbulent romance.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1782272674
• ISBN 13: 9781782272670
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 576