Within a year, his father had deserted the family, moving to France and dying a year later. Byron the child lived in near poverty in the far northern city. The family’s fortune dwindled, it reduced, to such a point that Catherine, accompanied by baby George and eventually, her husband, had to move from London to Aberdeen, in the far northeast of Scotland. His father, Captain John was a wild but handsome man who lived up to his nickname of “Mad Jack”, squandering, that is foolishly spending, the money of his Scottish wife, Catherine Gordon who was a rich heiress. Lord Byron or George Gordon Byron was born with a lame foot, called a clubfoot, in 1788, in England. OK then, the Scandalous Life of Lord Byron.

He left a legacy of words, men, women, lovers and children, and today we are going to tell his story. Lord Byron – the lover, the poet, the celebrity, and the cripple, lived just 36 years. This is not a fictional character we are talking about here but a real-life hero – a poet unmasking society’s hypocrisy, an actor playing a self-chosen role, and a creative and freethinking intellectual way ahead of his time. Imagine a young man indulging in all sorts of vice, experimenting with sexuality in all ways possible, breaking all the norms of his time, and being celebrated for his genius yet hated for his wild lifestyle. I'm Alastair Budge, and today we are going to be talking about the Scandalous Life of Lord Byron, the man known as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”. The show where you can listen to fascinating stories, and learn weird and wonderful things about the world at the same time as improving your English. Hello, hello hello, and welcome to English Learning for Curious Minds, by Leonardo English.

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