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Arrival at Newstead Abbey Sophia Hyatt or ‘The White Lady’ as she is widely remembered, arrived at Newstead Abbey in around 1818. This would have been soon after Major Wildman purchased the By…

Don Juan Cantos I & II (1819) Cantos I & II were published together in July 1819. They were considered so controversial that both Byron and his publisher (John Murray) decided to pri…

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Canto III (1816) A major continuation of his breakthrough work, reflecting his feelings of exile—following the scandalous events that forced the poet to leave …