Lord Byron’s Jackal

A Life of Trelawny

David Crane (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

1999
Flamingo (Verlag)
978-0-00-654880-5 (ISBN)

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‘There is a mad chap come here – whose name is Trelawny… He comes on the friend of Shelley, great, glowing, and rich in romance… But tell me who is this odd fish? They talk of him here as a camelion who went mad on reading Lord Byron’s ‘Corsair’.’ JOSEPH SEVERN

David Crane’s brilliant first book investigates the life and phenomenon of Edward John Trelawny – writer, adventurer, romantic and friend to Shelley and Byron. Very reminiscent of YoungHusband in its mix of biography, history and travel writing it is a sparkling debut.

Trelawny was, unquestionably, one of the great Victorians. He made a career from his friendship with Byron and Shelley and with his tales of glory from the Greek War of Independence. His story is one of betrayal and greed, of deluded idealism and physical courage played out against one of the most ferocious wars even the Balkans has seen.

There has been no general biography of Trelawny for nearly twenty years, no history of the philhellene role in the Greek War of Independence for even longer.

David Crane's first book, ‘Lord Byron’s Jackal’ was published to great acclaim in 1998, and his second, ‘The Kindness of Sisters’ published in 2002, is a groundbreaking work of romantic biography. His most recent book for Harper Collins is the highly acclaimed 'Scott of the Antarctic' (published 2005). His next book: a collection of 19th Century naval biographies with the working title of 'Men of War' is published by Harper Collins in 2009. He lives in north-west Scotland.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.5.1999
Zusatzinfo	8 b/w plates
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	336 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
ISBN-10	0-00-654880-6 / 0006548806
ISBN-13	978-0-00-654880-5 / 9780006548805
Zustand	Neuware