Can a villain also be a hero? Two hundred years after his death, Byron is celebrated as a great writer and champion of liberty, but condemned for his immoral behaviour.
Poet who was mad, bad and dangerous to know
Living large: As a student at Cambridge, Byron was famous for keeping a pet bear. Glossary
Cantos - Sections of a poem.
Dissolute - Overindulging in pleasures or lacking restraint.
Archetype - A typical example.
Club foot - When a baby is born with a foot or feet that turn inwards.
Harrow - An area of London, as well as a public boys school founded in 1572.
Grand Tour - A traditional trip through Europe taken by upper-class European men in the 17th to 19th Centuries when they in their early twenties.
Bisexual - Sexually or romantically attracted to both men and women.
Ottoman Empire - Also known as the Turkish empire, a huge empire that spanned southeast Europe, West Asia and north Africa from the 14th to early 20th Centuries.