Shelley and the Unknown Lady: A novella excerpted from The Mansfield Trilogy
by Lona Manning
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s brief and turbulent life was as passionate as his poetry.
Romantic, idealistic and impulsive, Shelley had several intense love affairs. When Shelley drowned at sea in 1822, he took his secrets with him.
Did a beautiful, lovelorn lady really follow him throughout Europe, as he claimed? Did Mary Shelley ever learn about this rival for her affections?
Shelley and the Unknown Lady is a carefully researched imagining of the true-life tragedy behind the mystery.
This novella is a stand-alone story excerpted from Lona Manning’s Mansfield Trilogy.
The novella comprises 73% of this e-book; the remainder is bonus material including historical background, and an excerpt from A Contrary Wind, the first book in the Mansfield Trilogy.
Romantic, idealistic and impulsive, Shelley had several intense love affairs. When Shelley drowned at sea in 1822, he took his secrets with him.
Did a beautiful, lovelorn lady really follow him throughout Europe, as he claimed? Did Mary Shelley ever learn about this rival for her affections?
Shelley and the Unknown Lady is a carefully researched imagining of the true-life tragedy behind the mystery.
This novella is a stand-alone story excerpted from Lona Manning’s Mansfield Trilogy.
The novella comprises 73% of this e-book; the remainder is bonus material including historical background, and an excerpt from A Contrary Wind, the first book in the Mansfield Trilogy.
