Byron's Siege of Corinth is a historical novel written by George Gordon and published in 1898. The book is set in Greece during the Ottoman Empire and is based on the real-life siege of Corinth that took place in 1715. The story follows the adventures of a young Englishman named Edward, who travels to Greece to fight alongside the Greek rebels against the Ottoman Turks. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful Greek woman named Zoe...
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