'But I have lived, and have not lived in vain...'

Today on The Rest Is History, the climax of our series on LORD BYRON, as we follow his life in exile: horror by Lake Geneva; sex & scandal in Venice; martyrdom for liberty in Greece.

THE DEATH OF A VAMPIRE?

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🚨🇬🇷LORD BYRON EPISODE 4🇬🇷🚨

🌪️ Forced from England by his scandalous divorce, Byron - now the most famous man in Europe - fled to Italy.

📚 Then, in Geneva, he met a young poet named Percy Bysshe Shelley, and one of the most iconic literary friendships of all time was…

Morning. The Rest Is History's LORD BYRON series reaches a bloodcurdling climax ...

Today: DEATH OF A VAMPIRE

Fleeing into exile, Byron meets the Shelleys, inspires a vampire story, hears the original Frankenstein, turns into Elvis and dies in Greece.

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In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most influential 20th c. Spanish-language writers, told William F. Buckley (whose first language was Spanish) his reasons for feeling, age 78, that English was 'far finer' than his native tongue. Right or wrong, I love his savor for language

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Morning. Unbelievable depravity on today's The Rest Is History, as our LORD BYRON series continues.

Today: DANGEROUS LIAISONS.

Contains very, very poor behaviour.

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🚨LORD BYRON EPISODE THREE🚨

🦚 Upon the publication of his legendary poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Byron became an overnight celebrity with a dedicated cult following.

🫀 The next period of his life would be rocked by scandal, moral depravity and sexual outrage, with four…

A great thread. I agree. We should accept error, prioritise speed and bring back authority. The referee’s decision should be instant and final.

Scenes today on The Rest Is History, as LORD BYRON cuts a swathe through fashionable society, & embarks on the most scandalous sequence of relationships in literary history.

A lady dressed as a page; a mathematician; his own sister: DANGEROUS LIAISONS ALL!
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Morning. Unbelievable depravity on today's The Rest Is History, as our LORD BYRON series continues.

Today: DANGEROUS LIAISONS.

Contains very, very poor behaviour.

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Exactly right, and this is why VAR should be scrapped. Like most fans, I'd be perfectly happy to live with human officials making mistakes if it meant I could actually celebrate a goal again.

An EXCELLENT cause.

Tomorrow's episode of The Rest Is History - continuing our account of LORD BYRON's remarkable life - is one of the maddest we have ever done: DANGEROUS LIAISONS

George Gordon, Lord Byron, died 200 years ago today. The current four-parter about him from The Rest Is History is BRILLIANT open.spotify.com/episode/6FYREg…

If you want to hear some of his poetry, here is some, from #PandemicPoems : soundcloud.com/user-115260978… and soundcloud.com/user-115260978…

Today on The Rest Is History we continue our series on the most notorious genius in British history: LORD BYRON.

He tours war-torn Spain; meets an Albanian pasha; insults Lord Elgin; is admired by the Sultan; becomes a byword for SCANDAL, SEX & CELEBRITY...

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Morning. On The Rest Is History, the rip-roaring, eye-popping story of LORD BYRON continues.

Today: SCANDAL, SEX AND CELEBRITY.

Byron travels East; behaves poorly in Albania, Greece and Constantinople; and has foolish views about Britain's Elgin Marbles.

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Morning. On The Rest Is History, the rip-roaring, eye-popping story of LORD BYRON continues.

Today: SCANDAL, SEX AND CELEBRITY.

Byron travels East; behaves poorly in Albania, Greece and Constantinople; and has foolish views about Britain's Elgin Marbles.

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Today on The Rest Is History, marking the 200th anniversary of his death, a 4 part epic on Britain's 1st international celebrity: LORD BYRON.

Genius, rake, romantic hero; shadowed by sexual scandal, & a martyr for liberty; MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW...
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Morning. An extraordinarily colourful new The Rest Is History series begins today - the life of LORD BYRON.

Rake, freedom fighter, poet, vampire ... but who was the man behind the Regency scandals? And how did his bloodcurdling erotic escapades begin?

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Morning. An extraordinarily colourful new The Rest Is History series begins today - the life of LORD BYRON.

Rake, freedom fighter, poet, vampire ... but who was the man behind the Regency scandals? And how did his bloodcurdling erotic escapades begin?

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