Mary Shelley

A Nick Hern Book

Mary Shelley first published in Great Britain as a paperback original in 2012 by Nick Hern Books Limited, The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk Road, London W12 8QP, in association with Shared Experience, Nottingham Playhouse and West Yorkshire Playhouse

This ebook edition first published in 2012

Helen Edmundson has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work

Cover photograph by Robert Day with Kristin Atherton as Mary Shelley

Cover design by Ned Hoste, 2H

Typeset by Nick Hern Books, London

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 78001 099 1 (ebook edition)
ISBN 978 1 84842 257 5 (print edition)

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