(MENAFN- The Conversation) It's July 5 1807. A drunk and tearful young man sits in his college rooms at Cambridge writing in a“chaos of hope and sorrow” to his childhood friend, Elizabeth Pigot. He ...
The last time Thomas Moore saw George Gordon, Lord Byron was in Venice in 1819, when Byron entrusted to his fellow poet 78 folio sheets containing his memoirs. Moore was a fitting custodian for the ...
Lord Byrons Manfred is a poetic drama that explores the complexities of the human soul, blending elements of Romanticism and Gothic literature. The story follows the protagonist, Manfred, as he ...
In actual Regency London — nothing like the frothy, fantastical setting of TV’s “Bridgerton” — poets rivaled royalty for star power, and upon the publication of his poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” ...
Almost everybody has heard the phrase “mad, bad – and dangerous to know.” This was the instant verdict by Lady Caroline Lamb to her maidenly diary, after the shock of first exposure to the young Lord ...
This eBook edition of "The Complete Works of Lord Byron (Inlcuding Biography)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Table of contents: The ...
Ada Lovelace is the consummate misunderstood genius. Growing up among the upper crust of 19th-century Britain, she was ground down by an overbearing mother who feared Ada’s imagination and punished ...
Not many writers furnish enough material for a biography focused entirely on their love lives. In his short life (1788-1824), George Gordon, Lord Byron, managed to cram in just about every sort of ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...