Title: Byron
Subtitle: The Last Journey, April 1823–April 1824
Description: Lord Byron's first epic poem, "Childe Harold", was published in 1812. Only 12 years later after a life including exile, marriage and fatherhood, he died aged 36 at Missolonghi in Greece. First written in 1924, this is a narrative of the last two years of Lord Byron's life when he left Italy to help organize the fight for Greece's freedom from the Turks.
Subjects: Last years, English Poets, British, Biography, History, Poets, English, Homes and haunts, Intellectual life, Travel, Byron, george gordon byron, baron, 1788-1824, Byron family, Poets, biography
Places: Greece
People: George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), John Cam Hobhouse Broughton Baron (1786-1869)
Time periods: 19th century