ISBN10: 186105033X, ISBN13: 9781861050335, [publisher: Robson Books] Hardcover Hardcover, xvi+ 287pp + 12 pages of glossy b&w plates, NOT ex-library. Clean untanned interior with unmarked text. "Slightly damaged in transit & now sold at bargain price" stamp on the title page. Sparse age-spotting on outer page edges; a remainder mark on the lower edges. Firm secure binding. Shelfworn, untorn dust jacket with age-spotted edges. -- What is the link between Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein and the history and myth surrounding the barons Frankenstein - a respected German feudal family that inhabited the Castle Frankenstein on the top of Magnet mountain near Darmstadt from the early Middle Ages? How much did Mary know of their dramatic history when she visited the castle in 1814? Did she know of the curse that felled three brothers Frankenstein in the early 16th century, or of the birth at the castle of the infamous alchemist Konrad Dippel who, it was rumoured, performed diabolical chemical transformations there? All these questions and many more are explored in this fascinating and highly detailed book by an expert on Eastern European History. From the most bizarre myths that surround the Frankenstein story, to the forces that were at work during the rainy summer of 1816 when Mary Shelley devised her story, and the legacy of Frankenstein in print, in film and on stage, Professor Florescu leaves no stone unturned in his search for this ...
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ISBN10: 186105033X, ISBN13: 9781861050335, [publisher: Robson Books] Hardcover
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