A novel on the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Paper Boat by Elizabeth McKague (604 pages) is a novel based on the life and work of the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). The novel begins in Pisa, Italy, nine months before Shelley’s death and flashes back to trace his vigorous interior and multifarious exterior life. The book exhibits extensive and thorough research and although most of the scenes stem from accurate historical

A novel on the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley