Description
Mary Shelley as never before - a new biography that shows the woman behind Frankenstein
About the Author
Fiona Sampson is a prize-winning poet and writer. She has been published in more than thirty languages and received an MBE for services to literature. A Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, and the recipient of a number of national and international honours for her poetry, she has worked as an editor, translator, and university professor as well as a violinist. www.fionasampson.co.uk
Reviews
If we get another literary biography in 2018 as astute and feelingful as this one, we shall be lucky. -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
Gripping, vivid ... a fascinating book * The Times *
Daringly swift and enjoyably irreverent * Observer *
Sampson is as adept as Frankenstein himself, giving life to a figure who convincingly aches and bleeds ... the landscapes and interiors within which Sampson's subject moves are as crisply rendered as Frankenstein's own plane of Arctic ice. * Guardian *
Fiona Sampson is a sleuth of a biographer ... rarely has my jaw dropped on so many occasions while reading a biography. * Daily Mail *
Astonishing scenes are laid before the reader in the manner of vivid tableaux ... fascinating and ambitious. * Irish Times *
[Gives] very real and valuable and sharp insights into the creative process of a work of genius. * Herald *
It is a passionate demonstration of the elements that have kept her story vibrant for 200 years. It is moving, it is alive, it is a success. -- Elaine Showalter * Spectator *
Fiona Sampson's study manages to illuminate her subject in prose that is both insightful and elegant. * The i *
Powerful and contentious, waspish and insightful, this new account imbues both [Percy and Mary Shelley] with startling new life * Catholic Herald *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781255292
Author Fiona Sampson
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Profile Books Ltd
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 24mm