Byron: Interviews and Recollections

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Schooldays in Aberdeen....Pages 1-3
‘Little Deevil Geordie Byron’....Pages 3-4
Harrow....Pages 4-5
Cambridge....Pages 5-6
‘I Shall Go Mad’....Pages 7-8
Byron Takes his Seat in the House of Lords....Pages 8-10
An Adventure in Greece....Pages 11-12
In England Again (1811–14)....Pages 12-14
First Impressions I (1809)....Pages 14-17
First Impressions II (1811)....Pages 18-20
First Impressions III (1813)....Pages 20-22
First Impressions IV (1821)....Pages 23-24
First Impressions V (1822)....Pages 24-27
First Impressions VI (1823)....Pages 28-30
Byron’s Snobbery....Pages 30-31
The Effects of Fame....Pages 31-32
‘Soothed by Success’....Pages 34-35
‘As Playful as a Kitten’....Pages 35-37
Later Recollections....Pages 38-39
Life in London....Pages 40-43
Byron’s Marriage and Departure from England....Pages 43-47
Travelling with Byron in Europe....Pages 47-50
Italian Travel....Pages 50-51
Meetings with Byron (1818–21)....Pages 51-54
‘A Lost Man’....Pages 55-57
A Visit from Thomas Moore....Pages 57-58
Moore Recalls his Visit....Pages 58-62
‘A Thoroughly Spoilt Man’....Pages 62-70
‘A Most Eccentric Character’....Pages 71-74
Teresa Guiccioli....Pages 74-76
‘The Handsomest of Men’....Pages 76-83
Life at Pisa I....Pages 84-90
Life at Pisa II....Pages 90-94
The Cremation of Williams and Shelley....Pages 94-98
A Clergyman Visits Lord Byron....Pages 98-104
Byron’s Conversation I: On Books and Authors....Pages 105-113
Byron’s Conversation II: On Other Topics....Pages 113-125
With Byron to Greece I....Pages 125-137
With Byron to Greece II....Pages 137-139
In Greece....Pages 139-149
Last Days I....Pages 150-155
Last Days II....Pages 155-159
Last Days III....Pages 160-167
‘More Beautiful in Death than in Life’....Pages 167-169
Preparations for the Last Journey....Pages 169-170
‘A Great Sensation’....Pages 171-172
Byron’s Funeral Procession....Pages 173-175
Last Recollections (1824)....Pages 175-179
Back Matter....Pages 180-182