The League of Incest

Mary's first pregnancy ended in tragedy. Her daughter was born prematurely. She nursed the baby for 11 days, and then her diary recorded, i awoke in the night to give it suck. It appeared to be sleeping so quietly that i would not awake. It followed in the morning by find my baby dead. By the summer of 18 16, mary was pregnant again, still with percy, shelley and with claire clermont still in tow. The three of them had joined what some people called the league of incest. And such rumours did credibly swirl around their companion lord byron. Shelley's wife, harriet, also pregnant, was left behind.