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Some discussion of what made Byron "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."  Letters to Lady Melbourne and to Thomas Moore.  Byron's sexuality.  His dog Boatswain.  ("His dog was dead" -- Julian and Maddalo)   Opening of Childe Harold III. Allegra.  Ada Lovelace. Julian and Julian the Apostate.  Shelley's characterization of Byron in Julian and Maddalo.