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The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece Roseanne Montillo Reissue edition
The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
Roseanne Montillo
The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley?s gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.
Montillo recounts how?at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution?Shelley?s Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists of the period: curious and daring iconoclasts who were obsessed with the inner workings of the human body and how it might be reanimated after death.
With true-life tales of grave robbers, ghoulish experiments, and the ultimate in macabre research?human reanimation?The Lady and Her Monsters is a brilliant exploration of the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley?s horror classic.
336 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 22, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780062025838 |
| Publishers | HarperCollins |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 135 × 203 × 20 mm · 294 g |
| Language | English |
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