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Description: | In 1814 Lord Byron ordered his butler to have the abbey's cloisters dug up in a vain attempt to unearth buried treasure. Whether the great Romantic poet was suffering from a fit of mania, or was simply resorting to desperate measures to alleviate his worsening financial situation is uncertain. The abbey, in its previous monastic life, could well have been a wealthy institution. However, his efforts yielded "nothing but stone coffins full of bones". | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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