Frankenstein

<p><b>A beautiful new hardback edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror classic <i>Frankenstein</i> to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the book's first publication</b><br><br>INCLUDES A CULTURAL HISTORY OF FRANKENSTEIN&#146;S MONSTER<br><br>Navigating the Arctic the captain of a ship rescues a man wandering near death across the ice caps. How the man got there reveals itself a story of ambition murder and revenge. As a young scientist Victor Frankenstein pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the final frontier and create life. But his creation is a monster stitched together from grave-plundered body parts who has no place in the world and his existence can only lead to tragedy.<br><br><b>**One of the BBC&#146;s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**</b></p>