The Fall of the House of Byron, Brožovaná

THE SUNDAY TIMES LITERATURE BOOKS OF THE YEARMAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEARBBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARTHE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Delectable ... a ravishing family saga' Sunday Times'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'A chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights - jump in' Lucy Worsley'Brand is a great historian, equal to the huge challenge of telling the story of history's most turbulent and colourful lives' Dan Snow'A hauntingly beautiful portrait of the Byron dynasty' Rebecca RidealIn the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in England. It was the abode of William, 4th Baron Byron - a popular amateur composer and artist - and his teenage wife Frances. But by the end of the century, the building had become a crumbling and ill-cared-for ruin. Surrounded by wreckage of his inheritance, the 4th Baron's dissipated son and heir William, 5th Baron Byron - known to history as the 'Wicked Lord' - lay on his deathbed alongside a handful of remaining servants and amidst a thriving population of crickets.This was the home that a small, pudgy boy of ten from Aberdeen - who the world would later come to know as Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, soldier, and adventurer - would inherit in 1798. His family, he would come to learn, had in recent deca
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