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Lord Byron
The poet's own friends burned his memoirs a month after he died, which means the most candid record of his life was destroyed by the people who claimed to be protecting his reputation.
Memory
What is kept, what is edited, and what is agreed to be forgotten.
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Bolshoi Theatre
1776
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