Author: Roger Shattuck
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156005517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A riveting account of the ways in which man's darkest impulses conflict with common sense. From the lessons learned in "Paradise Lost" and the events which transpired in the tales of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Frankenstein" to unlocking the secrets of the atom, Shattuck's brilliant synthesis of history and literature is utterly relevant to our times and addictively readable.