Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Moore, Thomas.

Edité par Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's, London, 1856

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Full green calf extra with elaborate gilt border and mulitiple shamrock design on the front board. All edges gilt. The spine is gilt compartmented with gilt toolwork, raised bands and a red morocco label with gilt lettering. Spine has been darkened and the gilding is muted. The spine has been rebacked with green buckram somtime in the early 20th century. 392pp. Some staining on back cover and general mild general edgewear. Gilt inner dentelles. Illustrated with engravings by a series of artists. All edges gilt. Lovely unsigned binding. Overall in VERY GOOD condition and the perfect gift for the Irish. Photos available upon request. Lalla-Rookh or Lala Rukh the title of a poem by Thomas Moore, from the name of the heroine, the daughter of the Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb; engaged to the young king of Bactria, she goes forth to meet him, but her heart having been smitten by a poet she meets on the way, as she enters the palace of her bridegroom she swoons away, but reviving at the sound of a familiar voice she wakes up with rapture to find that the poet of her affection was none other than the prince to whom she was engaged. Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 - February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer. Born on the corner of Aungier Street in Dublin, Ireland over his father's grocery shop, his father being from an Irish speaking Gaeltacht in Kerry and his mother, Anastasia Codd, from Wexford. He was educated at Trinity College, which had recently allowed entry to Catholic students and studied law at the Middle Temple in London. It was, however, as a poet, translator, balladeer and singer that he found fame. His work soon became immensely popular and included The Harp That Once Through Tara s Halls, The Minstrel Boy, Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, The Meeting of the Waters and many others. Moore was far more than a balladeer, however. He had major success as a society figure in London, and in 1803 was appointed registrar to the Admiralty in Bermuda. From there, he travelled in Canada and the USA. He returned to England and married an actress, Elizabeth "Bessy" Dyke, in 1811. Moore had expensive tastes, and, despite the large sums he was earning from his writing, soon got into debt, a situation which was exacerbated by the embezzlement of money by the man he had employed to deputise for him in Bermuda. Moore became liable for the £6000 which had been illegally appropriated. In 1819, he was forced to leave Britain -- in company with Lord John Russell -- and live in Paris until 1822 (notably with the family of Martin de Villamil), when the debt was finally paid off. Some of this time was spent with Lord Byron, whose literary executor Moore became. He was much criticised later for allowing himself to be persuaded into destroying Byron's memoirs at the behest of Byron's family due to their damningly honest content. Moore did, however, edit and publish Letters and Journals of Lord Byron, with Notices of his Life (1830). He finally settled in Sloperton Cottage at Bromham, Wiltshire, England, and became a novelist and biographer as well as a successful poet. He received a state pension, but his personal life was dogged by tragedy including the untimely deaths of all of his five children within his lifetime and the suffering of a stroke in later life, which disabled him from performances - the activity at which he was most renowned. Moore frequently visited Boyle Farm in Thames Ditton, Surrey, as the guest of Lord Henry Fitzgerald and his wife. One noteworthy occasion was the subject of Moore's long poem, 'The Summer Fete'. Moore is considered Ireland's National Bard and is to it what Robert Burns is to Scotland. Moore is commemorated by a plaque on the house where he was born and by a large bronze statue near Trinity College Dublin Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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• Titre: Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance
• Éditeur: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's, London
• Date de parution: 1856
• Reliure: Full Calf Leather
• Édition: Later Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: Hardcover
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