Book Review: Byron in Love

Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life by Edna O'Brien


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Oh, Lord Byron. Sigh.

I was seriously obsessed with Byron, John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Mary Shelley when I was in high school. Why yes, I've seen Gothic about a million times. Also, on my first solo trip to Europe, I visited some of their haunts in Switzerland & Italy, saw Keats' death mask, locks of their hair… I'm a nerd, I know.

There are a number of biographical tomes on Byron, and this is one of the most easily ...