| Evidence: | Byron recommends history books in letter to Annabella Milbanke, 25 August 1814:
'the best thing of that kind I met with by accident at Athens in a Convent Library in an old & not "very choice Italian" I forget the title -- but it was a history in some 30 tomes of all Conjurazioni whatsoever from Cataline's down to Fiesco of Lavagna's in Genoa -- and Braganza's in Lisbon -- I read it through (having nothing else to read) & having nothing to compare it withal thought it perfection.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1810 and 31 Dec 1811 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Greece | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Athens | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Greece |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown |
| Title: | [history book] |
| Genre: | History, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
| Record ID: | 2171 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron | |
| Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
| Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1975 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 161 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1975), 4, p. 161, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2171, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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