The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Frankenstein

Book Overview

In this novel, Mary Shelley returned to The Last Man's message that an idealistic political system is impossible without an improvement in human nature. This historical novel, influenced by those of Sir Walter Scott, fictionalises the exploits of Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of King Henry VII who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, the second son of King Edward IV. Shelley believed that Warbeck really was Richard and had escaped from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1543292119
• ISBN13: 9781543292114
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"