{"product_id":"viva-byron-hardcover","title":"Viva Byron! - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugh Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eBold, bewitching and a touch dangerous - like Lord Byron himself\u003c\/em\u003e' Benedict Allen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Hugh Thomson is a mesmerising storyteller' \u003c\/em\u003eSara Wheeler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would have happened if the poet Lord Byron had not died an early death in Greece?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut instead had lived - and then some - by doing what his letters show he always wanted to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscape to South America with the great last love of his life, Countess Teresa Guiccioli, and help Simon Bolivar liberate it from the Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis great sweep of a novel imagines just that and takes the poet and his lover into a New World of the Americas where nothing is ever quite as they expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHugh Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning writer whose previous books have explored the world from Peru to England, and whose films have been nominated for a \u003cem\u003eBAFTA\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe White Rock\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCochineal Red \u003c\/em\u003ewere about his search for Inca ruins; \u003cem\u003eNanda Devi, \u003c\/em\u003ea journey to a wild and usually forbidden part of the Himalaya; while his memoir \u003cem\u003eTequila Oil: Getting Lost in Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e was serialised by BBC Radio 4.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe returned home for \u003cem\u003eThe Green Road into the Trees\u003c\/em\u003e which won the inaugural \u003cem\u003eWainwright Prize for Best Nature and Travel Writing\u003c\/em\u003e. 'An immensely enjoyable book: curious, articulate, intellectually playful and savagely candid.' \u003cem\u003e Spectator.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Everywhere Thomson goes, he finds good stories to tell.\" \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'He takes the reader to places we may not have dreamed of going - places of geography, the spirit and the emotions.'\u003cem\u003e Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42734144684095,"sku":"9781068634239","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d57c54fc806acbddd39c8e85b563c178.webp?v=1765138817","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/viva-byron-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}