Items related to The Nightmare: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft
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 entrée 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.
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 entrée 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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Nancy Means Wright is the author of nine adult mystery novels and two mysteries for young readers, one an Agatha Award winner and the other a nominee. A longtime teacher, Vermont Humanities Council Scholar, and Bread Loaf Scholar, she has also written other fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Wright lives in Middlebury, Vermont, with her spouse and two Maine Coon cats.
Review:
"Wright skillfully evokes the people and ideas from the age of Enlightenment in her entertaining second mystery featuring Mary Wollstonecraft (after Midnight Fires), which once again shows how Mary's brilliance as a freethinker could have made her an expert crime-solver." -- Publishers Weekly
"Wright captures the character of intellectual London brilliantly... I appreciate Wright's ability to model her fictional Wollstonecraft with the clay of the historical person...not pretending that when faced with a murder she would suddenly become Sherlock Holmes." (Elizabeth Caulfield Felt. Historical Novels Review)
"The character of Mary Wollstonecraft is delightfully entertaining." Mysterious Reviews
"The Nightmare is a thoroughly entertaining book that offers a glimpse of the life and times of a woman whose name still lives on." Mary Ann Smith, BookLoons Reviews
"Wright captures the character of intellectual London brilliantly... I appreciate Wright's ability to model her fictional Wollstonecraft with the clay of the historical person...not pretending that when faced with a murder she would suddenly become Sherlock Holmes." (Elizabeth Caulfield Felt. Historical Novels Review)
"The character of Mary Wollstonecraft is delightfully entertaining." Mysterious Reviews
"The Nightmare is a thoroughly entertaining book that offers a glimpse of the life and times of a woman whose name still lives on." Mary Ann Smith, BookLoons Reviews
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPerseverance Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1564745090
- ISBN 13 9781564745095
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 15.00
Shipping:
FREE
From Canada to U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
The Nightmare
Published by
Preseverance Press, McKinleyville
(2011)
ISBN 10: 1564745090
ISBN 13: 9781564745095
New
Soft cover
First Edition
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of the second novel in the Mary Wollstonecraft series. SIGNED by the author on the title page. In fine unread condition. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 21648
Buy New
US$ 15.00
Convert currency