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ing child. Tragedy struck again on 8 July 1822 Percy
Shelley drowned.
After his death Mary Shelley returned to England
and she continued writing. In 1826 she published
another novel. This one was called The Last Man. It
is set in the 21st century when a plague decimates
the population. Mary then wrote a historical novel
called The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck. It was about
the pretender to the throne who lived at the time of
Henry VII. It was published in 1830. Mary Shelley
wrote two more novels, Lodore published in 1835
and Falkner published in 1837. Mary Shelley then
wrote her last work, which was entitled Rambles in
Germany and Italy. Mary Shelley died on 1 February
1851. She was only 53. Mary was buried in Bournemouth.