Book Review: The Poet and the Vampyre
/Lord Byron's personal physician was a prolific writer in his own right, and he's the subject of a pleasingly lurid new account
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Lord Byron's personal physician was a prolific writer in his own right, and he's the subject of a pleasingly lurid new account
Read MoreByron was mad, bad, and dangerous to know -- and eventually his amorous, adventurous spirit led him to Italy.
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Read MoreThomas Lawrence was the rising young star painter of the politicians, soldiers, rakes, and mistresses of Regency London, but his work had a life and intelligence that transcended the trendy. A new book looks at a forgotten master.
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