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Michael Foot on Lord Byron

Title
Michael Foot on Lord Byron
Genre
Interview
TX Date
6 May 1988
Year of production
1988
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Duration
00:13:48
Description
Gill Pyrah interviews MP and former Labour Party leader Michael Foot, about his biography of Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron), entitled The Politics of Paradise. He says his education was inspired by his father’s library. He also talks about Byron’s critic, William Hazlitt and his own life and times and career in politics.
Contributors
Michael Foot; Gill Pyrah
Keywords
Books; Authors; Politics; Labour Party; Biography; Politicians; Michael Foot; George Gordon Byron; William Hazlitt; The Politics of Paradise; Lord Byron

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