Prelude: Byron´s gothic inheritance; The noble poet and the trade: Juvenilia and Juvenalia; The traveller from the east meets the emperor o the west: Byron and Murray; The acting of tragedy and the tragedy of acting: Byron, Drury Lante theatre and romantic drama; From pilgrim to patriot: Byron as poet of exile; The bookseller to the admiralty and the board of longitude beset by pirates: Byron, Don Juan and the freedom of the press; The eagle, the wren and the snake: Byron and The liberal