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Edward John Trelawny
1792–1881
A real-life adventurer as well as a writer, he moved through the world of Byron and Shelley and later turned those dramatic experiences into vivid books. His life mixed sea stories, travel, politics, and literary history in a way that still feels larger than life.
3 Audiobooks
Un Cadet de Famille, v. 1/3
by Edward John Trelawny
Un Cadet de Famille, v. 3/3
by Edward John Trelawny
Un Cadet de Famille, v. 2/3
by Edward John Trelawny
About the author
Born in 1792, he became known as an English biographer, novelist, and adventurer. He is remembered most of all for his close connection to Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, two friendships that placed him near some of the best-known figures of the Romantic age.
His early life fed the legend around him. He served in the Royal Navy while young, later drew on a life of travel and danger in Adventures of a Younger Son (1831), and went on to take part in the Greek struggle for independence alongside Byron. Those experiences helped shape the bold, dramatic voice that runs through his writing.
Many readers know him for Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (1858), a book that helped fix both poets in the public imagination. Even when scholars debate parts of his self-mythmaking, his firsthand presence at major moments in Romantic history makes him a fascinating guide to the era.