Who was a model for Mary Shelley’s protagonist? Candidates include a 17th-century alchemist and Charles Darwin’s grandfather.
When Mary Wollstonecraft's book on recent French political events was published in 1794, John Adams already knew first-hand about revolution. He read the book for the first time in 1796 ...
Born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on Aug. 30 ... Mary became inspired to write the book she’d eventually become famous for, ...