The life of a cursed poet, but in the noble sense of the word; cursed like Verlaine, Rimbaud, a man beyond the norms of our society and even more so than those of his era.
An English aristocrat, admirer of Napoleon, great traveler, defender of nationalities, Lord Byron was passionate about ancient culture and a defender of Greece. It is this ambiguous character that is described to us in a biography where extracts from his works are provided.
The author immerses us in the intimacy of this poet, his friends, his studies in those English colleges where the satisfaction of the senses among young adolescents borders on homosexuality, even surpassing it. Special friendships, homo, hetero, bi? Lord Byron is a bit of all of that at once.
Gilbert Martineau takes us along with this writer—penniless, rich, laden with debts, always traveling and in the fashion of his time, fascinated by the mountains, Italy, and Greece. Romanticism leads him to the sunny shores of the South, far from the chills and mists of his native island.
Thierry Jan
