Lara, A Tale

By Byron, George Gordon, Lord

Book Id: WPLBN0002950498
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File Size: 45.30 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Lara, A Tale
Author:	Byron, George Gordon, Lord
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Lara, A Tale
Historic Publication Date:	1814
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago George Gordon Byron, B. L. (1814). Lara, A Tale. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
This powerful poem narrates the fateful return of Count Lara to the British Isles after spending years abroad traveling the orient. Returning to his patrimony with a retinue consisting of one foreign-born page, Count Lara resumes the management of his landed estates. Lara's first efforts are crowned with success: only to be undermined by the jealousy and envy of his his peers. After a successful duel to defend his honour, the count becomes inexorably caught up in local blood-feuds; which quickly escalate to open warfare between his own followers and the private armies of his enemies. - Count Lara remains a bold and skillful leader: is he strong enough to triumph yet over adverse fortune? - And what is the secret of his mysterious foreign page: who left kindred and homeland behind in order to follow Count Lara to the uttermost ends of the earth? (Introduction by Godsend)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Poetry