Zusatztext A dramatic family saga [that] shows that Lord Byron's ancestors were just as wicked and salacious as he was. Informationen zum Autor Emily Brand Klappentext THE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Gobsmacking' The Times 'Luscious' Mail on Sunday 'Delectable . . . ravishing' Sunday Times 'A chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights - jump in' Lucy Worsley 'Stranger than fiction, as dark as any gothic drama . . . utterly gripping' Amanda Foreman '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 Many know Lord Byron as leading poet of the Romantic movement. But few know the dynasty from which he emerged; infamous for its scandal and impropriety, with tales of elopement, murder, kidnaping, profligacy, doomed romance and adultery. A sumptuous story that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentleman's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France, The Fall of the House of Byron is the acclaimed account of intense family drama over three turbulent generations. Vorwort A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and decline. Zusammenfassung A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and decline.

Vorwort
A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and decline.

Autorentext

Emily Brand

Klappentext

THE RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK

'Gobsmacking' The Times

**'Luscious' Mail on Sunday

**'Delectable . . . ravishing' Sunday Times

'A chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights - jump in' Lucy Worsley**

'Stranger than fiction, as dark as any gothic drama . . . utterly gripping' Amanda Foreman
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'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

Many know Lord Byron as leading poet of the Romantic movement. But few know the dynasty from which he emerged; infamous for its scandal and impropriety, with tales of elopement, murder, kidnaping, profligacy, doomed romance and adultery. A sumptuous story that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentleman's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France, The Fall of the House of Byron is the acclaimed account of intense family drama over three turbulent generations.

Zusammenfassung
A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and decline.