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Trelawny biography by Margaret Armstrong.
This is classic 1930's biography that, while not as scholarly as modern works breathes life into the story. It is based heavily on Trelawney's (a charasmatic braggart and truth-stretcher) autobiography. Clearly, Armstrong admired him. Edward Trelawny was a contemporary and friend of Shelley and Byron. He returned from his travels to burn Shelley's body after his untimely death and at his own death his ashes were buried near Shelley. This is a fascinating almost unbelievable biography about Edward Trelawny.

As a family the Trelawnys were always courageous, adventurous, full of vitality, eccentric, unreliable, prone to extremes - and Edward was true to the tradition. While still a very young man, sailing in he Indian Ocean under the French flag, he captured a pirate town in Madagascar. He rescued the daughter of an Arab sheik and married her, only to lose her by poisoning. He told her a story in his famous "Adventures of a Younger son."

In Italy, Trelawny's friendship with Shelley ripened into the greatest experience of his life. After Shelley's tragic death, it was Trelawny who undertook the burning of his body on the beach near Via Reggio.

Fighting, with Byron, for the freedom of Greece; living in a cave on Mount Atlas with a Greek chieftain' visiting America, where he bought a slave in order to set him free - these were some of the other highlights of his career. Hardy and handsome to the last, he died at eighty-one, and at his request his ashes were buried beside those of Shelley in Rome.

Ardent alike in friendship, passion, and love of freedom, Edward Trelawny lived a life of almost incredible adventure. And his biographer brings out all of his dramatic color. Exciting reading. (From GoodReads)

Very pretty shabby chic book ...a quaint old fashioned read. Published in 1940. It's such a nice book to hold and display--lovely to read and lovely to add to your decor. It would be a perfect gift for the romantically inclined person in your life.(see pics and ck shop main page for more info policies/shipping/etc. --ask questions if needed)
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DIMENSIONS and SPECS: Approx. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2" X 1 7/8" 379 Pages The Macmillan Company Publishers New York Circa 1940 Red color binding with cover having accents of silver on cover. Graphic End pages. Index and biographical references. Frontspiece Portrait of Edward Trelawny Binding is tight. Binding is is good shape as it has had a paper dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some wear and loss of paper--red sticker on spine. Some light foxing on paper due to age. Book is in good shape for age. Please see photos as they are part of the description. Use zoom feature to see greater detail.

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