443. Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

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Rumours surrounding Lord Byron’s scandalous divorce rippled throughout the world. Finally, he had no choice but to abandon England in disgrace and flee to Italy, an exile but still the most famous man in Europe. Then, in the summer of 1816 in Geneva, he met a young poet named Percy Bysshe Shelley, and one of the most iconic literary friendships of all time was sparked. A handsome republican with an enthusiasm for free-love, Shelley immediately attracted Byron’s admiration. With him, however, was his sister-in-law Claire, a former lover of Byron’s, pregnant with his child whom he detested. Also, Shelley’s wife, Mary. So it was that on a stormy night of ghost stories, another great masterpiece was born…However, as time passed and in the wake of a series of tragedies, the aging Byron grew increasingly isolated and restive, his thoughts turning once more to Greece, that ancient land of myth and legend. Approached by the London Greek Committee to help support the cause of Greek independence, Byron set off once more for Kefalonia. Was it doom or destiny that beckoned? Join Tom and Dominic for the grand finale of their gripping journey through the life of one of history’s most darkly intriguing figures, Lord Byron. From his English exile, Italian sojourn and final love affair, to the greatest adventure of them all... *The Rest Is History LIVE in 2024* Tom and Dominic are back onstage this summer, at Hampton Court Palace in London! Buy your tickets here: therestishistory.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	It happens. It happened that in the midst of the dissipations attendant upon a London winter,
0:49.0	there appeared at the various parties of the leaders of the Ton, a nobleman, more remarkable for his singularities
0:57.6	than his rank. He gazed upon the mirth around him as if he could not participate therein.
1:04.3	Apparently, the light laughter of the fair only attracted his attention, that he might by
1:10.0	a look quell it and throw fear into those breasts where thoughtlessness reined.
1:16.4	Those who felt this sensation of awe could not explain whence it arose.
1:22.2	Some attributed it to the dead gray eye, which fixing upon the
1:26.9	object's face did not seem to penetrate and at one glance to pierce through to the inward workings of the heart, but fell upon the cheek
1:36.7	with a leaden ray that weighed upon the skin it could not pass. His peculiarities caused him to be invited to every house. All wished to see him.
1:48.0	And those who had been accustomed to violent excitement and now felt the weight of Onui were pleased at having something in their presence
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