4-Star Review of "Haunted Summer"
Review of Haunted Summer by Anne Edwards Bereaved and alone, Mary Shelley looks back on the first magical summer abroad she shared with her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. As a teenage Mary knew as soon as she saw Shelley that her life had been touched by genius. There was immediately between them the volcanic forces of the erotic and the intellectual that made their final union predestined. But Shelley was already wed. Along with Mary’s half sister, Claire Clairmont, nineteen-year old Mary, and twenty-three year old Shelly eloped to Switzerland, damning themselves, and becoming fugitives from their own country. And Claire was also harbouring a secret: she was carrying the bastard child of Lord Byron, and had directed their trip in the hope of finding him. To Claire’s delight Byron shares their hotel, but Mary is worried for her, as she catches him looking upon her with disgust. Along with Byron was his attendant, Dr. Pol...