The Nightmare: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft

By Nancy Means Wright

Rebel with Many Causes Dismissed from her governess post in Ireland, Mary Wollstonecraft lands on her feet in London. After the 1792 publication of her ground-breaking Vindication of the Rights of Woman she gains entr e to a circle of celebrated artists and intellectuals. But Mary falls into obsession and infatuation with painter Henry Fuseli after his hauntingly erotic masterpiece The Nightmare is stolen. When a young artist is wrongfully accused and imprisoned, and a bluestocking friend is strangled, Mary's passionate nature does not allow her to stand aside. Her quest for the truth will lead her into personal notoriety, a trip to a madhouse, and confrontations with more than one possible murderer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564745090
• ISBN13: 9781564745095
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Perseverance Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"