The fall of the House of Byron : scandal and seduction in Georgian England /
Brand, Emily.
The fall of the House of Byron : scandal and seduction in Georgian England / Emily Brand. - London : John Murray, 2021. - 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the early 18th 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 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. This book follows the fates of Lord Byron's ancestors over three generations.
9781473664326 (pbk.) : 10.99 1473664322 (pbk.) : 10.99
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Family.
Byron family.
Newstead Abbey.
History.
History.
Great Britain--History--18th century.
DA67.1.A1
941.0709 BRA
The fall of the House of Byron : scandal and seduction in Georgian England / Emily Brand. - London : John Murray, 2021. - 368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
Originally published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the early 18th 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 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. This book follows the fates of Lord Byron's ancestors over three generations.
9781473664326 (pbk.) : 10.99 1473664322 (pbk.) : 10.99
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Family.
Byron family.
Newstead Abbey.
History.
History.
Great Britain--History--18th century.
DA67.1.A1
941.0709 BRA