Julietta Jameson

Not quite the book I was expecting but interesting nonetheless. The author, a 40 something journalist and lover of art and poetry, is in search of answers to some of life's big questions. Battling through an emotional time in her life, finding herself still single and coming out of yet another failed relationship, Julietta Jameson goes on a personal pilgrimage in the footsteps of her beloved Lord Byron. Julietta retraces his time in Italy from his self imposed exile from England until his untimely death, at the age of only 36, in Missolonghi, Greece. I discovered much about Byron that I didn't know, he was certainly a larger than life a real celebrity of his time! This is an enjoyably different take on the usual travel writing book.… (mehr)