The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

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Emily is known for her creative and discreet approach acting in high-profile cases often involving extensive wealth or complex issues concerning children, including international relocation. Sarah Dent is currently studying for an MA in Literature of the Romantic Period at the University of York, specialising in the lives and work of the second generation. The book also touches on a variety of other elements of social and cultural history, including theatre, education, medicine and illness, and the role of women.

These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Brand explores the combination of factors that led to the poet inheriting the barony at the age of ten, although he was not the direct heir. I started producing prints of my originals a couple of years ago as I felt art should be affordable to all and can offer a print at a much cheaper cost than an original piece. The effect of [Brand's] narrative elasticity is to give the book a novelistic depth, which is added to by rich topographical descriptions and a packed historical backdrop. Emily previously worked as a senior editor of academic history, trade history and classic literature for the University of Oxford.

For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. The Gothic element is further underlined by the presence of Newstead Abbey, once an Augustinian priory, at the centre of the narrative. John, or ‘Foul-Weather Jack’ (the poet’s grandfather) was a naval hero who acquired his nickname due to his reputation for survival in adverse conditions. She also has particular expertise and interest in advising on disputes concerning children on the autism spectrum.

Her book The Fall of the House of Byron (John Murray, 2020) was selected as BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and a Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. Emily graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2017 with an upper second class honours degree in History. She joined AEGIS London in 2017 as Underwriting Assistant for Marine and Energy and is studying towards ACII qualifications. She has worked on a number of ground-breaking cases including Radmacher v Granatino (concerning a German prenuptial contract), Prest v Petrodel (piercing the corporate veil) and Young v Young (involving complex financial structures, asset tracing, non-disclosure and enforcement). Her excellent judgement together with her first class skill in putting clients at their ease makes for a formidable combination that puts her in a class of her own.William, known as ‘The Wicked Lord’, was an unpopular and eccentric figure who caused the family name to become associated with scandal - partly due to his trial for murder - and he steadily laid waste to the family’s fortune and estate at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. However, her history is as much caught up with the "fiddle-faddle" of the bon ton, and is all the more enjoyable for it .

It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. Emily is known for her creative and discreet approach acting in high profile cases often involving extensive wealth or complex issues concerning children including international relocation.This comes as no surprise as high-profile figures, including members of international royalty, count as clients. Brand has done an excellent job of placing the sexploits of the Byron family into the context of a broader social and political history . The text is not solely a biography of Byron the poet, but his presence is felt throughout, and Brand is always attentive to the ways that, in both his life and his work, Byron was influenced and shaped by his ancestry – his seafaring grandfather for example inspiring elements of Don Juan – and this is reinforced with the inclusion of his poem ‘Newstead Abbey’ at the end of the book. I’d really like to spend more time learning to paint and getting advice from professionals, but as I have a small child and work three days a week as an art teacher, I can’t see this happening for a few years. It is frequently instructed to advise on a sizeable number of ultra-high-value instructions, many of which have significant multi-jurisdictional components.