Part of the "Character Sketches" series, this title looks at World War I poets. The series features compact guides devoted to literary, artistic and historic personalities, circles and themes. They contain portraits in a variety of media, all selected from the National Portrait Gallery's diverse collection. The illustrations are accompanied by substantial and relevant quotations from the works of the people featured, as well as contemporary descriptions and anecdotes from unpublished as well as published sources. The books should be of interest to general readers and students alike. Alan Judd is the author of "A Breed of Heroes", "The Devil's Own Work", "The Noonday Devil" and "Short of Glory".

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An illuminating biography of Robert Falcon Scott draws on the explorer's own diaries and letters, as well as firsthand observations by participants in the Antarctic expeditions, to reassess Scott's life and scientific contributions, provide fresh perspectives on his journeys, and examine the challenges he faced in his personal life. Reprint.

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A fascinating portrait of the renowned Romantic poet Lord Byron is viewed from the perspective of the lives and intense rivalry of the two women he left behind--Augusta, his half-sister, with whom he had a passionate affair, and Annabella Milbanke, his society wife--both of whom bore him daughters. 25,000 first printing.

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The life of the violent, deceitful man who was present at--and some say responsible for--the deaths of both Percy Bysshe Shelly and Lord Byron is chronicled here in a new biography of the darker side of the Romantic poets. (view table of contents)

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