- Her father was a political writer and a philosopher
- Mother was a famous feminist, died when Mary was very young
- Had an older half-sister, Fanny
- Mary was never educated because her step mother and her did not get along well at all
- Her father disowned her when she fled England with Percy Shelley
- In 1815 the couple lost their first child
- She lost her half-sister to suicide and then Percy's wife shortly thereafter
- After the death of Percy's wife, the two married
- Many people thought that Percy published Frankenstein in 1818 because he wrote the introduction, Mary published it anonymously
- The two did not have a great relationship, and the lost two more of their children; only one, a son, lived to see adulthood
- Percy drowned in 1822 while sailing, widowing Mary at age 24
- She died at age 53 from brain cancer
Around the time of the publication of the novel or shortly before, the War of 1812 was going on as well as the Napoleonic Wars.
(http://www.biography.com/people/mary-shelley-9481497#later-years)
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