A review by ventuslibra
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

4.0

This was a great achievement of the author for weaving together the stories of mother and daughter who are two influential female authors. I was surprised to read that this had never been done before. I mean come on, they both had such interesting lives and their adventures in love shocked english society. I really enjoyed Gordon's use of letters written by Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley's journal. Both these women had extraordinary lives yet were also wounded by the men they loved. It's not an easy read or a short one but worth the time if you want to know more of the woman who wrote Frankenstein.