Record Number: 9290
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Letter from Byron to Annabella Milbanke, Aug 25th 1814]. 'You can hardly have a better modern work than Sismondi's, but he has since published another on the Literature of Italy, Spain &c., which I would willingly recommend... on my return to London I would gladly forward it... Gibbon is well worth a hundred perusals. Watson's Philip of Spain, and Coxe's Spain and Austria are dry enough; but there is some advantage to be extracted even from them. Vertot's Revolutions (but
1800-1849
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Jan 1788
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:poet
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:9290
Source:Ethel Colburn Mayne
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Title:The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1969
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Page:105
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Citation:
Ethel Colburn Mayne, The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron, (London, 1969), p. 105, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9290, accessed: 17 August 2024
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