Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

The Fall of the House of Byron is a novel that delves into the scandalous and tumultuous life of the Byron dynasty, spanning three generations and various locations including rural Nottinghamshire, Georgian London, and pre-revolutionary France. It is described as a "chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights" and a "sordid and silk-swathed adventure" by various critics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 04 February 2021
Publisher: John Murray Press

The Radio 4 Book of the Week has been receiving rave reviews from various publications. The Times described it as "gobsmacking," while the Luscious Mail on Sunday called it "delectable." The Sunday Times praised it as a "chocolate box full of delicious gothic delights," and Lucy Worsley went as far as to say it was "stranger than fiction, as dark as any gothic drama." Amanda Foreman commended the author for bringing to life the colorful characters of the Georgian era's most notorious families with the verve and skill of the era's finest novelists. She described the book as a "powdered and pomaded, sordid and silk-swathed adventure." Hallie Rubenhold noted that many people know Lord Byron as the leading poet of the Romantic movement, but few know the dynasty from which he emerged. The Fall of the House of Byron is the acclaimed account of intense family drama over three turbulent generations, beginning in rural Nottinghamshire and playing out in the gentleman's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France.

Weight: 270g
Dimension: 130 x 195 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781473664326