Byron: a Study of the Poet in the Light of New Discoveries - by Albert Brecknock

Byron: a Study of the Poet in the Light of New Discoveries
by Albert Brecknock
published by Cecil Palmer, 1926

First Edition

Hardcover (no jacket) in good used condition,
some toning and foxing throughout interior, text is clean and unmarked, illustrated

"Although many things have been said detrimental to the character of Byron, and there is much to regret in his life, there is also much more to be admired. Byron struggled with heroic persistency to overcome the weakness of his nature, and to rise to a purer ideal; but he succumbed again and again to a demon stronger than himself, an enemy fastened upon him by the unchecked and unresisted sins of his father. Byron was his own worst enemy, but in spite of his mercurial temperament, or perhaps because of it he was undoubtedly a giant in English Literature, just as he proved himself in his latter days a giant in the cause of freedom; to the advancement of which he gave his voice, his song, his sword and ultimately life itself."