The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
by Montillo, Roseanne
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/fair
- ISBN 10
- 0062025813
- ISBN 13
- 9780062025814
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 2013. Hardcover. Good/fair. Ex-library. Illustrated. Deckle edge. 322p. Index. References. Montillo 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.
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- Diatrope Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 23120
- Title
- The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
- Author
- Montillo, Roseanne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0062025813
- ISBN 13
- 9780062025814
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Galvani, Aldini, Resurrection Men, Grave Robbing, Galvanic Spark, Medicine, Life, Anatomy, Neuroscience, 9780062025814, 0062025813, Medicine, History of Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
- X weight
- 14 oz
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- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...