LORD BYRON
Lord George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824) was the archetypal romantic poet and lover. He wrote about magnificent heroes who overcame varying types of hardship. One reason he was so interested in this particular theme was that he was constantly at war with clubfoot, a form of lameness. Byron inherited a title and property at a very early age, but quickly found himself heavily in debt. He became notorious for his numerous bisexual love affairs, even before he became famous for his writing...