Mary Shelley's Bournemouth Legacy

Frankenstein author Mary Shelley's Bournemouth legacy, BBC Dorset

"Before she died on February 1 1851, one of her last requests was to be buried in Bournemouth, even though she had never lived in the town".

From Dark Dorset

 Full fathom five thy father lies.
 Of his bones are coral made.
 Those are pearls that were his eyes.
 Nothing of him that doth fade,
 But doth suffer a sea-change
 Into something rich and strange.
 Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell...