Byron was a monster, not a sexy “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” character. As one data point (out of many) consider his treatment of his daughter Allegra: htt

Byron was a monster, not a sexy “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” character. As one data point (out of many) consider his treatment of his daughter Allegra: https://darkestlondon.com/2012/10/19/the-short-tragic-life-of-allegra-byron/ https://darkestlondon.com/2012/10/19/the-short-tragic-life-o.... After being transferred from family to family, little Allegra was dumped to a convent. From there “…four-year-old Allegra wrote her father a letter in Italian from the convent, dated 21 September 1821, asking him to visit her (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegra_Byron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegra_Byron): My dear Papa. It being fair-time, I should like so much a visit from my Papa as I have many wishes to satisfy. Won't you come to please your Allegrina who loves you so?” She was strictly disciplined by the nuns while there. Seven months after writing the letter she died of a fever, five years old. You can see the letter in Allegra's handwriting here: https://x.com/JedPumblechook/status/1734513882360594640?s=20 https://x.com/JedPumblechook/status/1734513882360594640?s=20. Byron never once visited her or responded to her letter. In the back of the letter he wrote "Sincere enough, but not very flattering - for she wants to see me because it 'is the fair' to get some paternal Gingerbread - I suppose." (https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/13/arts/notable-children-s-letters-at-morgan-library.html?pagewanted=all https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/13/arts/notable-children-s-l...) "Caro il mio Pappa" indeed!