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The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Motillo brings to life the fascinating times, startling science, and real-life horrors behind Mary Shelleys gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein.Montillo recounts howat the intersection of the Romantic Age and the Industrial RevolutionShelleys Victor Frankenstein was inspired by actual scientists of the period: curious and daring iconoclasts who were obsessed with the inner workings of the human body and how it might be reanimated after death.With true-life tales of grave robbers, ghoulish experiments, and the ultimate in macabre researchhuman reanimationThe Lady and Her Monsters is a brilliant exploration of the creation of Frankenstein, Mary Shelleys horror classic.