The first in a series of three novels based upon actual episodes in Lord Byron's life, this engrossing tale is full of ambition, seduction, and historical legacy. Studious young Eliza Esmond is overjoyed when she meets a man whom she believes to be Lord Byron and he begins to pursue her. What she is unaware of is that this man is actually John Polidori, Byron's former personal doctor who is also, however, the true author of the latest success credited to Byron: the story ?The Vampyre,��envisioned during the same summer gathering of intellectuals in 1816�during which�Mary Shelley's idea for Frankenstein was born. Intricately weaving fiction with historical fact, this book debates who is more of an imposter, John Polidori or Lord Byron.
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El primero�de una serie de tres novelas basadas en episodios reales de la vida de lord Byron, este relato fascinante est獺 lleno de ambici籀n, seducci籀n y legado hist籀rico. La�joven estudiosa�Eliza Esmond est獺 encantada cuando conoce a un hombre que ella cree que es Lord Byron y�quien la comienza a perseguir. Lo que ella no sabe es que este hombre en realidad es John Polidori, el ex m矇dico personal de Byron, que es tambi矇n, sin embargo, el autor verdadero del 矇xito m獺s reciente atribuido a Byron: el cuento ?El vampiro,��ideado durante�la misma reuni籀n de intelectuales en 1816 en la�cual naci籀 la idea de Mary Shelley�para Frankenstein. Tejiendo intrincadamente�la ficci籀n con los hechos hist籀ricos, este libro debate qui矇n es m獺s�impostor, John Polidori o Lord Byron.
