Caroline Lea Love, Sex & Frankenstein Hardback Book

In the shadowed halls of Villa Diodati, Mary Shelleys fury took shape and birthed a monster...The thrilling retelling from the author of PRIZE WOMEN, THE METAL HEART and THE GLASS WOMAN. Perfect for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Manningtree Witches. Hauntingly beautiful, dangerous and magnificent Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of VardoA deliciously dark reimagining of the birth of literatures greatest monster Emma Stonex, author of The LamplightersRichly woven, gorgeously addictive, this is a true Gothic novel about life, death, desire, fury and passion Joanne Burn, author of The Bone HuntersVilla Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816.The dark summer that birthed a monster . . .Eighteenyearold Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. Tormented by Shelleys betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of her sisters intentions, Mary seeks sanctuary. But Lord Byrons villa, lying under ominous, ashshrouded skies, feels more like a trap. When Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself. And so an idea begins to form in her mind . . .It spills out of her in thick, black ink. A thing given life is before her. Day and night, she is possessed. Heart and mind. Body and soul. But is she in control, or is it?In this hauntingly evocative feminist retelling, Caroline Lea delves into the female rage, creative madness and steamy scandal that bore the... | Caroline Lea Love, Sex & Frankenstein Hardback Book