Fiona MacCarthy. of recent origin ...

Fiona MacCarthy. of recent origin York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002 688 pp $3500

The Kindness of Sisters: Annabella Milbanke and the Destruction of the Byron David Crane. of recent origin York: Knopf, 2002. 320 pp $2695

"For this strange biography MacCarthy has been able to draw onward previously untranscribed letters and other new material.... [S]he is a skillful biographer and a current writer. This book is a pleasure to read. This is a biography of a writer rather than a literary biography.... David Crane's exuberant, eccentric volume is a study of Byron's posthumous reputation....