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Byron’s brutal takedown of wife and mother-in-law revealed in unseen letter giving insight into burnt memoir

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Lord Byron’s brutal takedown of his wife and mother-in-law has been revealed in a newly discovered letter that provides fresh insight into his burnt memoirs.

The , who was 36 when he died in 1824, had left his memoirs with instructions to publish them following his death – but the manuscript was burned at the office of his publisher after he died

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