`An original biography of Byron - no mean feat so late in the day. Its insights will be new to many Byron specialists. Accessible and readable for the general public.' Dr Alan Rawes, Editor, The Byron Journal`She remembers, unlike some other biographers, that her subject is a poet She makes her points with generous illustrations from Byron's vivid verse. Two centuries on, it continues to grasp the imagination.' Nottingham Evening Post`...describes the complex, almost instinctive skills, the hard slog of practice and performance, the distillation of life's experience that made his art ...she tells us nothing for which there is no firm evidence.' Rodrick Cavaliero, The Keats Shelley Review`A wide-ranging and distinctive biography... a valuable synthesis of the best early and modern authorities on Byron.' Professor Vincent Newey`It's marvellously fair at all times. So fair that it's almost too fair. This is clearly intentional.' Ian Gilmour