446 Percy Bysshe Shelley - The Early Years
The History of Literature
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Percy Shelley - A Poet of the Realm
Percy Shelley was born a peer of the realm, or as aristocratic as you can get outside royal family. He died just 29 years later in a boating accident off the coast of Livorno, Tuscany. The themes of turmoil and revolution would accompany him all his life. His father Timothy didn't know how to handle his son who was rebellious.
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