Record Number: 2171
Reading Experience:
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.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1810 and 31 Dec 1811
Country:Greece
Timen/a
Place:city: Athens
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[history book]
Genre:History, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (institution library)
Source Information:
Record ID:2171
Source: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:
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Citation:
George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals, (London, 1975), 4, p. 161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2171, accessed: 13 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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