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London, 1814: Mary Godwin and her stepsister Jane Clairmont, both sixteen, possess quick minds bolstered by an unconventional upbringing, and have little regard for the rules that other young ladies follow. Mary rejects the two paths that seem open to her—that of an assistant in her father’s bookshop, or an ordinary wife. One evening, an opportunity arrives in the form of a dinner guest, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary finds their visitor handsome and compelling, but it is later that evening, after the party has broken up, that events take a truly intriguing turn. When Mary comes downstairs in search of a book, she finds instead a man face down on the floor—with a knife in his back. The dead man, it seems, was a former classmate of Shelley’s, and had lately become a personal and professional rival. Mary, Jane, and Shelley are all drawn to learn the truth behind the tragedy, but as the attraction between Mary and the married poet intensifies, it sparks a rivalry between the sisters, even as it kindles the creative fire within . . .
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