Mafra

Mafra

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

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "Near {Cintra] about 10 miles to the right is the palace of Mafra the boast of Portugal, as it might be of any country, in point of magnificence without elegance, there is a convent annexed, the monks who possess large revenues are courteous enough, & understand Latin, so that we had a long conversation, ..."

Paul M Curtis

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809:
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 236-42; QI 52-6; BLJ I 218-22)

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

13 April 2014

Paul M Curtis

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

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

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