From a volcano in Indonesia to a frog in Bologna, a ghoulishly large number of ideas and events wormed into Mary Shelley's dazzling mind as she imagined the "hideous phantasm of a man" at the ...

If book lovers were ... write a horror story. Young Mary struggled to come up with an idea but was inspired after hearing a discussion between Byron and Percy Shelley about galvanismâ the ...

She's the mystery woman of 19th century literature best ... McDowell's new book Clairmont stories a trailblazer far ahead of her time SUMMER, 1816. Lord Byron is at Villa Diodati. Shelley and Mary ...