St. Irvyne by Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Overview

ST. IRVYNE follows the story of Wolfstein, a loner and outcast, and Ginotti a brigand and alchemist interested in discovering the secret of immortality, whatever the cost. After being captured by bandits, Wolfstein falls in love with a fellow captive and escapes after befriending Ginotti. At the abbey of St. Irvyne in France, Ginotti promises to reveal the truth of immortality to Wolfstein, but he must pay a terrible price for the knowledge.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014941754
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	07/16/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	283 KB

About the Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was an English poet and writer; he is regarded as one of the most important English Romantic poets. Born to a wealthy family, Shelley had a troubled youth. His studies at Eton were poor, and at nineteen he eloped with a 16-year old. He later abandoned his first wife and married Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of FRANKENSTEIN. Shelley drowned in Italy just before his thirtieth birthday.