Set in Switzerland, this novel revolves around Mary Shelley, who spent a summer there with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, Byron, and her sister. They experimented with opium and their drug-induced... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Long time fans of the "haunted summer" of 1816 will love this book, out of print but well worth the trouble to track down. The author craftfully uses journals and letters to support a believable and captivating storyline. If you liked the movies on this subject - Gothic, Rowing with the Wind, the (terrible) Frankenstein Unbound, and especially the same-titled 1988 film, you'll love this book.
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