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By undercutting the noble purpose of the Grand Tour, Byron forces his audience to wrestle with the idea that the Tour is but an instrument to quell lustful longings.

Broken Flowers, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, is the story of an aging Don Juan, named Don Johnston, played by Bill Murray, on the road, in search of answers.

Lord Byron's poem, "Don Juan," is not only a poem about the legendary lover but a critical look at politics and the arts.

Brief biography of Lord Byron, famous for his epic Don Juan and short poem "She Walks in Beauty."

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Christopher Columbus had two sons, Diego the legitimate one, who lived off his father's connections, and illegitimate Fernando, his father's biographer.

Famed novelist Edna O'Brien does a wonderful job summarizing the world of English poet George Gordon, Lord Byron in Byron in Love - A Short Daring Life.

Born in 1788, during the enlightenment period, George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron, epitomised the romance of Regency England.

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History remembers Lady Caroline Lamb merely as Lord Byron's mistress. Yet, Lady Caroline wrote three satirical novels and married a future British prime minister.

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Tony Award winners Christopher Plummer and Anika Noni Rose will star in the 2008 Stratford Festival's Caesar and Cleopatra, a rarely performed piece by G.B. Shaw.

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Casanovas, womanizers, lady killers, lotharios and tom cats are different words for the same type of men. Here's how to spot and resist a womanizer.

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Pope John Paul II broke new ground when he apologized to the Indigenous populations and to African Americans on the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage

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Christoph W. Gluck's biography - his life, music and influence on 18th-century operatic reforms.

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Rupert Everett concluded Channel 4's The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron with a trip to Lake Geneva, then travelled to Greece where Byron died of fever.

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