Lord Byron's jackal: The life of Edward John Trelawny

Lord Byron's jackal: The life of Edward John Trelawny image
ISBN-10:

0002556316

ISBN-13:

9780002556316

Author(s): CRANE, DAVID
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 1998
Format: Hardcover, 398 pages
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Description:

This biography investigates the life and phenomenon of Edward John Trelawny - writer, adventurer, romantic and friend to Shelley and Byron. Trelawny's is a story where the boundaries between fantasy and reality were blurred with fatal consequences. It is a story inextricably linked with Byron, and with the Greek War of Independence - a war which provided both Romantic Europe and Edward Trelawny with their most extravagant challenge. The story of Trelawny's role in the war, his cave, and his discovery of Odysseus' treasure has all the ingredients of a Byronic romance. It is a story of betrayal and greed, of deluded idealism and physical courage played out against one of the most ferocious wars even the Balkans has seen.











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