{"product_id":"9781405949002","title":"Love, Sex \u0026 Frankenstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the shadowed halls of Villa Diodati, Mary Shelley's fury took shape - and birthed a monster…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling retelling from the author of \u003ci\u003ePRIZE WOMEN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE METAL HEART\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTHE GLASS WOMAN.\u003c\/i\u003e Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Manningtree Witches\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHauntingly beautiful, dangerous and magnificent\u003c\/b\u003e' Anya Bergman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of Vardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA deliciously dark reimagining of the birth of literature's greatest monster\u003c\/b\u003e' Emma Stonex, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lamplighters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eRichly woven, gorgeously addictive, this is a true Gothic novel about life, death, desire, fury and passion\u003c\/b\u003e' Joanne Burn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVilla Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dark summer that birthed a monster . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTormented by Shelley's betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of her sister's intentions, Mary seeks sanctuary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Lord Byron's villa, lying under ominous, ash-shrouded skies, feels more like a trap. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so an idea begins to form in her mind . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt spills out of her in thick, black ink. A thing given life is before her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDay and night, she is possessed. Heart and mind. Body and soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut is she in control, or is it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eLOVE, SEX \u0026amp; FRANKENSTEIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFury and passion, obsession and revenge sizzle beneath the surface as out-of-this-world prose spins the book to a powerful, sensual grand finale. What a firecracker of a story - it completely swept me off my feet!\u003c\/b\u003e' Fiza Saeed McLynn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Carousel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eYou cannot help but fall in love with Mary, whose journey as an artist and as a woman is both absolutely heartbreaking and truly inspiring. This is a deeply moving, magical book from a consummate storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e' Elodie Harper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf Den\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written and wonderfully intense, this is no glamorous story of the rock star poets and their female muses but a rendition of absolute powerlessness turned around through sheer force of will\u003c\/b\u003e' Elizabeth Fremantle, author of \u003ci\u003eDisobedient\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57010037784949,"sku":"9781405949002","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781405949002.jpg?v=1774886204","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781405949002","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}