From Antonio to Yorick, Macbeth to Mercutio, this book embraces the breadth and depth of the world's most important playwright.

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The story of the 28-year-old poet in exile after four years of fame and scandal, and of the star-studded galaxy surrounding him -- including his sister Augusta, Lady Byron, the Shelleys, Leigh Hunt, Stendhal, and Madame de Staël.