April 1977 Issue [Article] Scrope’s last throw Download PDF Adjust Share by Richard Holmes, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Correspondence England English authors Gamblers George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron Manuscripts Percy Bysshe Shelley Scrope Berdmore Davies More from Richard Holmes Braudel’s magic lantern The life's work of the historian who rediscovered everyday life Sixteenth-century Nixon tapes Overheard history Anthony Blunt, gentleman traitor Found out in London Adjust Share