Byron in Geneva : That Summer of 1816
Hardcover
2011 · Liverpool
by Ellis, David
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2011. Hardcover. NF/VG but art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Light rubbing to Mylar cover.. Black cloth/boards. Gold lettering. Black illustrated dj with red lettering. Mylar cover. xi, map, [2], 189 pp. with no other illustrations. In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. This title focuses on the poet's life in the summer of that year. (Inventory #: 159404)