Love, Sex & Frankenstein

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Beschreibung

<p><b>In the shadowed halls of Villa Diodati, Mary Shelley's fury took shape - and birthed a monster...</b></p><p><b>The thrilling retelling from the author of <i>PRIZE WOMEN</i>, <i>THE METAL HEART</i> and <i>THE GLASS WOMAN.</i> Perfect for fans of <i>The Essex Serpent</i> and <i>The Manningtree Witches</i>.</b><br><br>'<b>Hauntingly beautiful, dangerous and magnificent</b>' Anya Bergman, author of <i>The Witches of Vardo</i><br><br>'<b>A deliciously dark reimagining of the birth of literature's greatest monster</b>' Emma Stonex, author of <i>The Lamplighters</i><br><br>'<b>Richly woven, gorgeously addictive, this is a true Gothic novel about life, death, desire, fury and passion</b>' Joanne Burn, author of <i>The Bone Hunters</i><br><br>--<br><br><b>Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816.</b><br><br><b>The dark summer that birthed a monster . . .</b><br><br>Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. <br><br>Tormented by Shelley's betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of her sister's intentions, Mary seeks sanctuary.<br><br>But Lord Byron's villa, lying under ominous, ash-shrouded skies, feels more like a trap. <br><br>When Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself.<br><br>And so an idea begins to form in her mind . . .<br><br>It spills out of her in thick, black ink. A thing given life is before her.<br><br>Day and night, she is possessed. Heart and mind. Body and soul.<br><br>But is she in control, or is it?<br><br><b>In this hauntingly evocative feminist retelling, Caroline Lea delves into the female rage, creative madness and steamy scandal that bore the world's most famous work of gothic fiction.</b><br>-<br><br><b>PRAISE FOR <i>LOVE, SEX &amp; FRANKENSTEIN</i></b><br><br>'<b>Fury and passion, obsession and revenge sizzle beneath the surface as out-of-this-world prose spins the book to a powerful, se

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241493038

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

231 x 151 x 35 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

DK Children