A Quiet Adjustment A Novel [Paperback]

In his Byron trilogy, Benjamin Markovits lovingly reinvents the nineteenth-century novel, true to its perfect prose, penetrating insight, and simmering passions. Inspired by the actual biography of Lord Byronthe greatest literary figure and most notorious sex symbol of his ageMarkovits re?imagines Byrons marriage to the capable, intellectual, and tormented Annabella and the scandal that broke open their lives and riveted the world around them: Byrons incestuous relationship with his impetuous half-sister, Gus. Their very different understandings of love and ones obligations to society lead them alland the readerheadlong to a devastating conclusion.Eloquent. . . . Annabella stands at the center of the narrativea beautifully drawn character, portrayed with moral clarity as well as complexity.A psychological masterpiece.A first-rate example of a literary historical novel.Regan Upshaw,