books.google.co.uk - Byron was a superb letter-writer: almost all his letters, whatever the subject or whoever the recipient, are enlivened by his wit, his irony, his honesty, and the sharpness of his observation of people. They provide a vivid self-portrait of the man who, of all his contemporaries, seems to express attitudes...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Lord_Byron.html?id=q-L2G3dJ2R4C&q=scene&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLord Byron