Revolution in words

Lord Byron was a revolutionary figure in the history of English literature and European politics. This year marks the bicentenary of his untimely death in Greece, where he had gone to fight for Greek independence from the Ottoman empire. Fiona Stafford – Professor of English at Somerville College, whose Everyman selection, Byron’s Travels, was published earlier this year – introduces this most compelling poet, song-writer, socialite, solitary, lover, friend, rebel, cosmopolitan, and copious correspondent.