give me the low down on Byron please

[hereidrawtheline]

I am reading a great book about Byron, Shelley & Keats through the eyes of the women in their lives and it has got me very interested in Byron whom I have only a passing bit of knowledge about. I'd like a collected works, or at least a wide range, and a really great bio on him as well, any ideas?

[MadBadandDangerousToKnow]

I read a very good biography of Byron a while ago (can't you tell) and will wrack my brain to remember who it was by.

[Takver]

Not exactly what you're looking for, but have you read Ariel by Andre Maurois which is a biography of Shelley but also has quite a bit about Byron in it. Old but good!

[nkf]

Frederick Raphael wrote one. And there is a book called something like the Kindness of Sisters which is about his relationship with his wife, sister and daughter.

[hereidrawtheline]

Thanks for that! All good thoughts, I'll look them up!

How do you feel about Caro Lamb. Pity, annoyance, envy...

[cherryblossoms]

Caro Lamb - high-maintenance bonkers. (A very literate and informed response - not).

[LissyGlitter]

I could do with learning a bit more about Byron too. My DP absolutely loves him (he even told our entire literature class that he would happily sleep with him!) so I should make the effort really. I ended up pregnant with DD due to DP reciting Bryon to me as the sun rose over the local river as we drank cheap champagne. We got carried away and had unprotected sex on the riverbank

[hereidrawtheline]

LissyGlitter that is a very romantic story! Made me go all gooey!

[nkf]

Which were the lines that did it?

[PuppyMonkey]

She walks in beauty like the night ...

You need to come to Newstead Abbey in Notts, near me. He lived there.

[hereidrawtheline]

oh puppymonkey I would LOVE to!!! Just been reading about it.

[Bucharest]

Puppymonkey-we must be near neighbours...I was just going to post the same...
Byron- shagged around Europe and brooded in Heathcliffey sulky sort of way.Probably had floppy Hugh Granty type fringe.
Shelley-thought he was a trendy lefty but wasn't tough enough.
Keats- bit of a wuss.
(obviously this is not the way I present them to my 5th yrs....)

[hereidrawtheline]

Bucharest if you did they might take to poetry more!