β Scribed by Leslie A. Marchand
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Contents......Page 22
Illustrations......Page 24
I. To 1788. The Byrons and the Gordons......Page 50
II. 1788-1798 England and Scotland......Page 71
III. 1798-1801. Newstead, Nottingham, London......Page 95
IV. 1801-1805. The Harrow Years......Page 112
V. 1805-1807. Cambridge, Southwell, and London......Page 148
VI. 1808-1809. London and Newstead......Page 189
VII. 1809-1810. The Grand Tour......Page 232
VIII. 1810-1811. Constantinople and Athens......Page 281
IX. 1811-1812. London and Newstead: Childe Harold......Page 325
X. 1812. Fame and Society......Page 374
XI. 1813. Fame and AmoursβWhig Society......Page 427
XII. 1814. The CorsairβAugusta......Page 477
Notes to Chapter I......Page 524
Notes to Chapter II......Page 527
Notes to Chapter III......Page 529
Notes to Chapter IV......Page 531
Notes to Chapter V......Page 534
Notes to Chapter VI......Page 537
Notes to Chapter VII......Page 542
Notes to Chapter VIII......Page 547
Notes to Chapter IX......Page 550
Notes to Chapter X......Page 554
Notes to Chapter XI......Page 557
Notes to Chapter XII......Page 563
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