A spice of every thing : to Elizabeth Pigot, October 26, 1807, Trinity College, Cambridge -- The air of greece : to Henry Drury, May 3, 1810, Salsette Frigate in the Dardanelles off Abydos, Turkey -- Mad, bad, and dangerous to know : to Lady Melbourne, October 8, 1813, Aston Hall, Rotherham, Yorkshire -- Fare thee well! : To Lady Byron, February 8, 1816, 13 Piccadilly Terrace, London -- Haunted summer : to Augusta Leigh, September 8, 1816, Villa Diodati, Cologny, near Geneva -- The greenest isle of my imagination : to John Murray, August 1, 1819, Ravenna / Venice -- Strictest adultery : to Countess Teresa Guiccioli, December 7, 1819, Venice -- A funeral pile : to Thomas Moore, August 27, 1822, Pisa -- To join the Greeks : to John Cam Hobhouse, April 7, 1823, Casa Saluzzo, Albaro, near Genoa -- Pilgrim of eternity : to John Murray, February 25, 1824, Messolonghi -- After Byron

"This is the best short introduction to Byron available. Stauffer steers us through a tumultuous life with poise and expert authority. The letters provide vivid snapshots of Byron at key moments across three decades and the biography that emerges is deeply absorbing"--