Through the Tempests Dark and Wild: A Story of Mary Shelley, Creator of Frankenstein

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Unpaginated. Quarto [27.5cm]. Illustrated boards. Spine ends and corners gently bumped. In a lightly rubbed dust jacket. "Born to two writers, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley struggled to find her voice. Then, when she was fourteen, she was sent to live with friends of the family, the Baxters. The two years Mary spent with them profoundly affected both her life and her writing. In their sympathetic company, she resolved to become true to herself and to the memory of her mother, a woman whose spirit haunted her more than any created ghost.