History Schmistory: December 30th – A match made in literary heaven

1816

Reknowned poet Percy Bysse Shelley (of Ozymandias fame) marries Mary Godwin. Mary will go on to write Frankenstein and arguably become the more famous of the pair… wonder what ole Percy made of that….

Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Percy Bysse Shelley By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons