The vampyre family
Subtitle: passion, envy and the curse of Byron
By: Andrew McConnell Stott
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781847678713; 9780857868947
Subjects: Friends and associates; Homes and haunts; Expatriate authors; English Authors; English literature; History and criticism; Romanticism
Description: In the spring of 1816, Lord Byron was the greatest poet of his generation and the most famous man in Britain, but his personal life was about to erupt. Fleeing his celebrity, notoriety and debts, he sought refuge in Europe, taking his young doctor with him.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-415) and index.