Byron's Mediterranean Tour (1809-11): The Letters

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Title

Byron's Mediterranean Tour (1809-11): The Letters

Subject

The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.

Description

This collection contains the 84 letters that Byron wrote during his Tour. The Cochran edition omits 10 letters found in the Marchand edition -- these letters have been added as well as their people and place names and are indicated with an asterisk in the header. The Cochran edition adds one letter not found in the Marchand edition, Byron to Hobhouse 1811-02-28.

Creator

Byron

Source

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94, Vols I & II, for the eleven Tour letters Byron wrote not included in Cochran's edition.
The source of the diplomatic transcriptions is Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/

Publisher

The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/

Date

13 April 2014

Contributor

Paul M Curtis

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Relation

David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/

Format

docx

Language

English

Type

Epistolary

Coverage

English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811

Collection Items

The "Lisbon Packet" letter. Seemingly spontaneous, the letter is a fair copy, with one stanza to a page – though that doesn’t spoil the fun. [PSC]

Byron's follow-up on "the Norfolk sale & the rest of Col. Sawbridge’s business," and notice of travel to Malta.

"I am very happy here [Lisbon], because I loves oranges, and talk bad Latin to the monks ..."

"I have just arrived at this place after a journey through Portugal, and a part of Spain, of nearly 500 miles."

Byron to John Hanson, August 7th 1809: "Cadiz is the prettiest town in Europe, Seville a large & fine city ..."

"I have sent Robert Rushton home...."

"Mr. Rushton, – I have sent Robert home with Mr. Murray...."

Byron's first complaint of Hanson's lack of correspondence.

Byron, about to set sail for Greece, describes Mrs Spencer Smith to his Mother.

The first of four challenges which Byron issues at different times. [PSC]
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