Our hideous progeny / C.E. McGill.
By: McGill, C. E.
Publisher: London : Doubleday, 2023Description: 400 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780857529046 (hbk.) :; 0857529048 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Historical | Historical | Modern & contemporary fiction | Classic horror & ghost stories | Classic science fiction | Historical fictionGenre/Form: Gothic fiction (Literary genre).Summary: Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how. She and her husband are trying to make a name for themselves as paleontologists but, in 1850s' London, scientific success requires wealth and connections - neither of which they possess. But then Mary discovers some old family papers that allude to the truth behind her great-uncle's past, of his attempts to create a living being and the creature that ultimately killed him. Perhaps this idea will prove to be their salvation.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Eccleston Library Novels | Issued | 07/05/2024 | 38055400022733 | |||
Adult book | St Helens Library Novels | Available | 38055400022734 |
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Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how. She and her husband are trying to make a name for themselves as paleontologists but, in 1850s' London, scientific success requires wealth and connections - neither of which they possess. But then Mary discovers some old family papers that allude to the truth behind her great-uncle's past, of his attempts to create a living being and the creature that ultimately killed him. Perhaps this idea will prove to be their salvation.