Roseanne Montillo
The Lady and Her Monsters, by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelleyâ€™s gothic masterpiece, ,Frankenstein,.,Montillo recounts howâ€”at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolutionâ€”Shelleyâ€™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 researchâ€”human reanimationâ€”,The Lady and Her Monsters, is a brilliant exploration of the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelleyâ€™s horror classic.
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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