Title: The poet and the vampyre
Description: Love affairs, literary rivalries, and the supernatural collide in an inspired journey to Lake Geneva, where Byron, the Shelleys, and John Polidori come together to create literature's greatest monsters.
Subjects: English literature, Friends and associates, Expatriate authors, Vampires in literature, History and criticism, Romanticism, English Authors, Monsters in literature, Homes and haunts, Supernatural in literature, English Horror tales, New York Times reviewed, Byron, george gordon byron, baron, 1788-1824, Authors, biography, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Shelley, mary wollstonecraft, 1797-1851, Shelley, percy bysshe, 1792-1822, Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character)
Places: Switzerland
People: George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), John William Polidori (1795-1821), Claire Clairmont (1798-1879), Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character)
Time periods: 19th century