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Astarte: A Fragment of Truth Concerning George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Byron
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Astarte: A Fragment of Truth Concerning George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Byron

Author(s): Milbanke, Ralph, Earl of Lovelace
Binding: Hardcover
Volume Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket: No
Dust Jacket Condition: N/A
Dust Jacket Protection: N/A
Signature: None
Language: English
Publisher Name: Christophers
Publication Year: 1921
Publication Place: London, UK
Book ID: 012578
Catalogue(s): Autobiography and Biography ◇ Literary History and Criticism

xxx, 364pp, eight black and white plates (inc. frontispiece). Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine.  8vo. Bumped spine ends; cloth torn at spine head. Sun faded spine. Outer and bottom edges untrimmed. Foxing to prelim pages. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

A new edition with many additional letters, edited by Mary, Countess of Lovelace. The book was originally printed in 1905 by Lord Byron's grandson to uphold the truth that Byron had an incestuous relationship with his half-sister prior to his marriage and that it was her knowledge of this that led to his wife demanding a separation.

Keywords:
Byron Lord Bryon

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