Letters and Journals of Lord Byron

This two-volume work of 1830, compiled by his friend Thomas Moore, reveals Byron's character and provides a commentary on his writing.

Lord Byron (1788–1824), a central figure of British Romanticism, was famous for his unconventional character and lifestyle as well as for his poetry. This two-volume work, compiled by his friend Thomas Moore, was published in 1830. Volume 2 describes Byron's life from 1816 until his early death in 1824.George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788–1824) is one of the central writers of British Romanticism and his 'Byronic' hero - the charming, dashing, rebellious outsider - remains a literary archetype. But to what extent is this character a portrayal of the author himself? Byron was known for his extremely unconventional, eccentric character and his extravagant and flamboyant lifestyle: Lady Caroline Lamb, one of his lovers, famously described him as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'. This two-volume work, compiled by his friend Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given his manuscript memoirs (which he later burnt), was published in 1830. Volume 2 gives an account of Byron's life and work from 1816, including his travels abroad in Switzerland and Italy, where close friendships with Lady Blessington and Percy and Mary Shelley developed, to his early death in the Greek War of Independence in 1824.