Lord Byron: Incest, Adultery & Daddy Issues

Lord Byron: Incest, Adultery & Daddy Issues

How debaucherous do you have to be to be remembered as the original bad boy? How mad, bad and dangerous to know was Lord Byron? And how much of it did he get from his family?


For this episode, Kate is joined by Emily Brand, the author of ‘The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England’. From incest to murder - this family must have made for a very awkward dinner party.


Poems by George Gordon Byron read by Matt Lewis: ‘So, We’ll Go No More A Roving’ and lines 1089 to 1096 of Don Juan, canto 2.


*WARNING there are adult words and themes in this episode*


Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Sophie Gee.


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