Explorer, author, soldier, lover: The Romantic, by William Boyd, reviewed

Boyd’s intrepid hero is present at Waterloo, befriends Byron and Shelley, and even beats the Burton-Speke expedition to discover the source of the Nile

From magazine issue: 01 October 2022

The Battle of Waterloo –one of many real-life scenarios in which William Boyd’s fictional hero finds himself. [Getty Images]

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