1. Lord Byron
... estates. He had a clubfoot and was treated by a senile doctor who tortured him. His mothers attorney rescued him, and took him to London where he was treated by a respectable doctor. Byron was sent to a school in Dulwich where he felt in love with it. In the summer of 1803 he spent his time at Southwell with his mother. There he courted ... his distant cousin who grew tired of "that lame boy." He wrote poetry to express his grief, Mary, his cousin, became the symbol of his unattainable love. Around 1809 Byron fell in love with a married woman, at Malta, and almost fought a duel on her a...
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