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Having been dismissed from Lord Byron's service, Dr John Polidori had fallen on hard times. Three years earlier he had accompanied the poet on a tour of the continent, Poladori had held literary ambitions and wanted to test his talents against the greatest writer of his age. That summer had become famous in literary history, Byron and Shelley met and grew into friends, Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein". And now a young woman mistakes the doctor for the poet. As the pair fall in love, Polidori knows that he can only emerge from Byron's shadow if he confesses his true identity ... Read more
Having been dismissed from Lord Byron's service, Dr John Polidori had fallen on hard times. Three years earlier he had accompanied the poet on a tour of the continent, Poladori had held literary ambitions and wanted to test his talents against the greatest writer of his age. That summer had become famous in literary history, Byron and Shelley met and grew into friends, Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein". And now a young woman mistakes the doctor for the poet. As the pair fall in love, Polidori knows that he can only emerge from Byron's shadow if he confesses his true identity ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571233328
SKU
KNW0007122
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Benjamin Markovits
Benjamin Markovits is the author of The Syme Papers and Either Side of Winter. Originally from Texas, he now lives in London and writes for the London Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement.
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