Lord Byron

Lord Byron was one of the most celebrated and controversial poets of the Romantic era. Born George Gordon Byron in 1788, he became famous throughout Europe for his passionate, rebellious verse and his scandalous personal life. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, published in four cantos between 1812 and 1818, is his masterwork — an epic poem following a world-weary young man's journey through Europe and the Mediterranean, reflecting on history, beauty, and disillusionment. The poem made Byron an overnight sensation and established the archetype of the Byronic hero. Byron died in 1824 at the age of thirty-six. His audiobooks and poetry collections remain essential reading and listening for lovers of English literature and Romantic poetry.