The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

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Sarah Dent is currently studying for an MA in Literature of the Romantic Period at the University of York, specialising in the lives and work of the second generation.

James Ferguson is highly experienced at handling complex divorces and high-value matrimonial financial disputes.

A first-rate legal mind, personable and fearless' and someone who 'really questions cases and gets into the nitty-gritty details [that] she never assumes the answer and always looks for a new way forward'.

Emily’s experience ranges from drafting pre and post nuptial agreements to litigating on children disputes in the High Court.

I have known Emily professionally for several years and can say without hesitation that she is a superb tactician who is always more than a step ahead of the other side. Although over the years I have changed subject matter, I have always maintained an interest in the use of colour and light and find it amazing how one person can view a colour so differently from another, and the fact that we have limited colour vision – what are we missing?

One of the most memorable and affecting sections of the book is the account of his experiences when he was stranded with his crew in South America after the wreck of the HMS Wager in 1741.There is a distinctly Gothic flavour to the history of the Byron family - the stories of murder, seduction and family inheritance could be taken straight from the pages of an eighteenth-century Gothic novel. She has worked on a number of ground-breaking cases including Radmacher v Granatino (concerning a German prenuptial contract), Prest v Petrodel (piercing the corporate veil) and Young v Young (involving complex financial structures, asset tracing, non-disclosure and enforcement). At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was one of the most prosperous and fashionable aristocratic homes in England.

Emily is the Head of Family, and specialises in family law with particular expertise in complex financial proceedings, often with an international dimension. More and more owners of digital assets are starting to consider how they can pass the assets on as part of their succession planning. The 4th Baron and most of his relatives had died, leaving the incumbent owner, William the 5th Baron Byron (the ‘Wicked Lord’), lying on his deathbed alongside his last remaining servant and amidst a thriving population of crickets. The matter includes complex wealth evaluation and liquidity issues linked to the husband’s position as the sole shareholder of multi-million company.Emily graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2017 with an upper second class honours degree in History. Emily previously worked as a senior editor of academic history, trade history and classic literature for the University of Oxford. In The Fall of the House of Byron, historian Emily Brand traces the history of Byron’s ancestors in the eighteenth century, focusing primarily on the generation of William, 5th Baron Byron (the poet’s great-uncle) and his siblings. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.