The Private Life of Lord Byron

Previous biographies of Lord Byron have seemingly dissected every inch of the English poet’s fascinating and mythical life, but Antony Peattie offers readers something completely different.

Reviewed by Allan Vorda

A Magical Monolith: An Interview with Álvaro Enrigue

Real history gets a mind-blowing makeover in the latest work by Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue, You Dreamed of Empires, which reimagines the 1519 meeting of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma with the conquistador Hernán Cortés.

Interviewed by Allan Vorda