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Loading... The Poet and the Vampyre: The Curse of Byron and the Birth of Literature's Greatest Monstersby Andrew McConnell Stott
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Well-written, if unnecessary and unbalanced, account of Diodati and its aftermath, featuring, of all people, the foolish Dr. Polidori (Byron's insufferable "Pollydolly"), referred to here with odd familiarity as "John." Proof that if you wait long enough, every bit player in Byron's orbit will get his or her 300+ pages (and there's even a prior biography), which is surely far more about Pollydolly than anyone wanted or needed to know. no reviews | add a review
Love affairs, literary rivalries, and the supernatural collide in an inspired journey to Lake Geneva, where Byron, the Shelleys, and John Polidori come together to create literature's greatest monsters. No library descriptions found. |
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All in all, this was a very interesting historical novel which gave a much less biased depiction of the major players than what I had already read. Honestly, my one complaint is that I felt there was no one central character in this book which made it feel somewhat unmoored. Is this a book about Byron or a book about Shelley? Either way, neither one comes out especially smelling like roses (although Shelley would be my choice any day of the week over that scoundrel Byron). 9/10
*By the way, this book was generously sent to me from my cooler than cool friend Katie who works as an editor over at Pegasus Books. Thanks for always looking out, Katie! (Obviously, this in no way influenced my review but I do appreciate the free lit.)* ( )