Lord Byron Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems "Don Juan" and "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage": many of his shorter lyrics in "Hebrew Melodies" also became popular. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy, where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna and Pisa. During his stay
Lord Byron in popular culture and sexual awakening. Stephanie Barron's series of "Jane Austen Mysteries" has Lord Byron a suspect of murder in the 2010 book, "Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron." Byron is one of the main characters in David Liss's 2011 novel "The Twelfth Enchantment." Byron is a character in T. Zachary Cotler's literary novel "Ghost at the Loom" (2014). Byron is a character in Óscar Esquivias's short story "Leche" ("Milk", 2016). In the comic book series The Wicked + The Divine, Byron appears as a reincarnation of the God Lucifer in a special issue set in the 1830s. "The Bad Lord