Passion

A novel that tracks the lives of the women of the great Romantic poets offers a fantastic opportunity to look at the men themselves. The great, doomed triad of Byron, Shelly and Keats springs to life when seen through the eyes of women's love and disillusionment.

I've been recommending Morgan's wonderful novel to everyone I know who might find it interesting. Despite the subtitle (A Novel of the Romantic Poets), Passion focuses more on the women in their lives.

Although this is an imperfect novel, Jude Morgan has done an amazing job of bringing the three great Romantic poets, Byron, Shelley and Keats, to life. I have studied their biographies and works extensively, and was happily surprised by the accuracy with which they are portrayed in this book.