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The Coroner’s Report July 25, 2026 · Missolonghi, Greece

The Death of Lord Byron at Missolonghi in 1824, Which Gave the Greek Revolution Its Martyr

In 1823 Europe's most famous poet sailed to join the Greek War of Independence, spending his fortune on the cause. At Missolonghi, planning an assault he would never lead, Byron caught fever in April 1824 and was bled to death by his doctors at 36. Greece mourned him as a national hero; Westminster Abbey refused his body.

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The Cabinet June 25, 2026 · Villa Diodati, Cologny

What Happened to the Five Writers Who Spent the Cold Summer of 1816 at Lake Geneva

Byron, Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori spent the summer of 1816 at the Villa Diodati. The five would all be dead, scattered, or estranged within six years. Two of them died of poisoning. One drowned. Two lived on into old age in substantial unhappiness.

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