Mary oder die Geburt von Frankenstein

How did the young Mary Shelley manage to write "Frankenstein" at the beginning of the 19th century? - "It's a book you want to read when the rain is lashing against the windows and shadows are creeping out of the corners." Girlfriend
Switzerland, 1816: A volcanic eruption in Indonesia envelops the whole of Europe in ash and clouds. Eighteen-year-old Mary and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley visit Lord Byron on Lake Geneva. They spend rainy, wine-fuelled evenings in front of the fireplace. On one of the evenings, Byron asks her to write a ghost story. Mary immediately remembers an earlier summer ...

Scotland, 1812: Mary arrives in Dundee as a guest of the Baxter family and befriends the young Isabella Baxter. Soon the two girls are roaming the fields and woods for hours on end. Until they meet the charismatic but somewhat sinister Mr Booth, who may not be as benevolent as he pretends...

Anne Eekhout vividly brings to life a pivotal moment in Mary Shelley's youth - the origin of one of the most original and timeless works of literature.