About this book
Step into the fevered mind of a Romantic legend with A Day with Lord Byron by May Clarissa Gillington, an intimate literary biography that reconstructs one February afternoon in 1822 at the Palazzo Lanfranchi in Pisa. Gillington’s portrait captures Byron’s manner, habits, and the restless genius behind his public notoriety: the early rising at two o’clock, the loyal valet Fletcher, the habitual melancholy and flashes of mockery, and the private moments that shaped his verse.
Blending vivid scene-setting with historical context, the audiobook explores themes of exile, scandal, creativity, and the paradoxes of fame that defined the 19th-century Romantic poet. Rather than a full chronicle, Gillington offers a focused biographical sketch that illuminates Byron’s temperament and artistic impulses, with evocative references to his poems and the social world that both admired and condemned him. Listeners gain insight into how memory, loss, and the Italian setting fed the imagination of one of England’s most controversial poets.
Ideal for fans of biography, Romantic poetry, and literary history, this audiobook is perfect for anyone seeking a compact, evocative introduction to Lord Byron’s life and genius — an accessible, atmospheric listen for students and general readers alike.
