Kathryn Sutherland ‘A hauntingly beautiful portrait of the Byron dynasty’ Rebecca Rideal ‘A fascinating, gripping, and evocative family epic’ Suzannah Lipscomb In the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in England. It was the abode of William the 4th Baron Byron – a popular and successful composer and artist – and his teenage wife Frances.

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