{"product_id":"9780062025838","title":"The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMontillo, Roseanne\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWilliam Morrow Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMontillo recounts how—at the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution—Shelley’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith true-life tales of grave robbers, ghoulish experiments, and the ultimate in macabre research—human reanimation—The Lady and Her Monsters is a brilliant exploration of the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley’s horror classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e didn’t begin with Mary Shelley. It began in the dissecting rooms and graveyards of Europe, with the real-life scientists who blurred the line between life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Real Dr. Frankensteins:\u003c\/b\u003e Meet Luigi Galvani and Giovanni Aldini, the daring Italian scientists whose ghoulish experiments in “animal electricity” and human reanimation directly inspired the character of Victor Frankenstein.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA History of Science:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore the fertile intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial Revolution, a time when scientific ambition, forbidden knowledge, and macabre research captured the public imagination.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Resurrection Men:\u003c\/b\u003e Uncover the shocking true crime history of the “resurrection men,” the professional body snatchers who supplied anatomists with fresh corpses and fueled the dark world of nineteenth-century medical science.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Making of a Masterpiece:\u003c\/b\u003e Trace the biographical and scientific influences—from public dissections to scandalous experiments—that converged in Mary Shelley’s mind to create one of the most iconic horror stories of all time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038096015615,"sku":"9780062025838","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062025838_s600x595.jpg?v=1780332275","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780062025838","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}