Leslie Marchand

Praise for Byron

For the first time I feel that I can really come to a conclusion about the man, the creator of one of the greatest legends in the history of our civilisation. Napoleon is hardly more celebrated; and Byron, like the ...

Terence de Vere White, Irish Times

One cannot but be won over by the sensitive, infinitely complex reality which Leslie Marchand uncovers...he gives us the essential Byron...The spell of this strange, unquiet, blazingly honest and infinitely endearin ...

Selina Hastings, Daily Telegraph

Here is his life, recorded in meticuloous detail, drawn with affection, great erudition and a critical eye.

Joanna Richardson, Sunday Telegraph

For the first time I feel that I can really come to a conclusion about the man, the creator of one of the greatest legends in the history of our civilisation. Napoleon is hardly more celebrated; and Byron, like the ...

Terence de Vere White, Irish Times

One cannot but be won over by the sensitive, infinitely complex reality which Leslie Marchand uncovers...he gives us the essential Byron...The spell of this strange, unquiet, blazingly honest and infinitely endearin ...

Selina Hastings, Daily Telegraph

Here is his life, recorded in meticuloous detail, drawn with affection, great erudition and a critical eye.

Joanna Richardson, Sunday Telegraph

For the first time I feel that I can really come to a conclusion about the man, the creator of one of the greatest legends in the history of our civilisation. Napoleon is hardly more celebrated; and Byron, like the ...

Terence de Vere White, Irish Times

One cannot but be won over by the sensitive, infinitely complex reality which Leslie Marchand uncovers...he gives us the essential Byron...The spell of this strange, unquiet, blazingly honest and infinitely endearin ...

Selina Hastings, Daily Telegraph

Here is his life, recorded in meticuloous detail, drawn with affection, great erudition and a critical eye.

Joanna Richardson, Sunday Telegraph