… or “mad, bad and dangerous to know”, as Lady Caroline Lamb—one of his lovers—described him? Last April marked the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death in Missolonghi, Greece, where the poet is still remembered as a national hero: a lifelong supporter of liberal causes, in 1823 he joined the Greeks in their fight against Ottoman rule. Among the events organized to commemorate the life and … Continue reading Lord Byron, the first European superstar…