The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece
Book Details
Author(s)Roseanne Montillo
PublisherWilliam Morrow
ISBN / ASIN0062025813
ISBN-139780062025814
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank515,607
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
A Look Inside The Lady and Her Monsters
From Giovanni Aldini's text, Essai theoretique experimental sur le galvanism, depicting two decapitated cadavers and his efforts to restore movements to them.
Mrs. Docherty was suffocated and her body sold to Dr. Knox for dissection. The killers used the method known as 'burking' - plying their victim with drink then suffocating her. Mrs. Docherty was their last victim.
In the 18th century, the river provided a great divide between social classes in London. It was also from one of its bridges that Mary Wollstonecraft jumped trying to commit suicide.
Frankenstein Observing the first stirring of his creature -- This is a print from the 1831 edition.
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