Mark Steel Lectures - Mary Shelley
Like Dr Frankenstein himself, Mark Steel has taken the cold-cuts of the traditional TV lecture and brought it back to
life with passion and electricity. Taking as its subjects both the book for which Mary Shelley is famous and
the tragedy-filled life of the woman herself, the programme moves from England to Geneva and back in search of
the spark that created the monster.
Almost as if genetically programmed by the pioneering mother she never knew, and on whose grave she consummated her
love for the poet Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley created an indestructible legend more relevant today than ever - as Mark Steel
discovers with his customary wit and passion.
(from open2.net)
| Mark Steel Lectures - Mary Shelley |
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