Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Lake Geneva is a large and beautiful lake nesteled in the corner of Switzerland and France. Many Romantics sought respite or Inspriration on the lake and many tourists still visit it to this day. 

Mary Shelley was one of the Romantics that took a trip to Lake Geneva. She, with her husband Percy, her sister Clarie and Lord Byron travlled to Switseland and stayed in a Lake house. While there they decided to have a writing contest, particularly dark stories. Mary immediately began writing "Frankenstein", and while it wasn't completed there, its framework was written.

Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Lake Geneva is a large and beautiful lake nesteled in the corner of Switzerland and France. Many Romantics sought respite or Inspriration on the lake and many tourists still visit it to this day. 

Mary Shelley was one of the Romantics that took a trip to Lake Geneva. She, with her husband Percy, her sister Clarie and Lord Byron travlled to Switseland and stayed in a Lake house. While there they decided to have a writing contest, particularly dark stories. Mary immediately began writing "Frankenstein", and while it wasn't completed there, its framework was written.

Les Gonaives

The city from which Jean-Jaques Dessalines declared Haiti's independance from France on January 1st, 1804. Although Dessalines would go on to massacre the remaining Europeans in the country and establish a system of forced servitude for the freed slaves, the announcement of independance was the first indication of sovereignty by any Latin American state. It was the only successful slave rebellion in history, and it inspired much discussion relating to the abolition of slavery in the rest of the world.

Campo Cestio

This is the burial site of William Shelley. This is one of the many deaths that occurred in Mary Shelley's life. The death of her three-year-old son promoted the inspiration for the name and death of Victor Frankenstein’s youngest brother William. According to find a grave:

Campo Cestio

Also Known as Cimitero Acattolico, Cimitero Degli Inglesi, rome Testaccio Cemetery.

This is the burial site of William Shelley. This is one of the many deaths that occurred in Mary Shelley's life. The death of her three-year-old son promoted the inspiration for the name and death of Victor Frankenstein’s youngest brother William. According to find a grave: