Harriet Westbrook

Percy Shelley has abandoned his wife and their child for 16-year-old Mary Shelley. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)

Behind the scenes
Harriet Westbrook was the first wife of Percy Shelley. On 28 July 1814, Percy abandoned her and ran away with Mary Shelley to Switzerland, taking Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont with them. In Switzerland in June 1816, they met the Eighth Doctor.