The Wicked Lord Byron

"The Wicked Lord Byron vividly recreates a personality which marks a defining moment in modern consciousness. The great poet lives his life as if consciously forging his own legend. Self-obsessed yet self-sacrificing, because of the astonishing breadth of his point of view he can always see the funny side of the essential tragedy of existence. Byron evolves into the most iconic personality of the age -- with irresistible beauty, poetic genius, outrageous sexuality, and a radical commitment to the revolutionary struggles against the forces of tyranny in England, Italy, and finally, Greece." -- back cover.