Regarded by many as the greatest Romantic poet, Shelley's work shows inspired language, powerful ideas and an undercurrent of powerful emotion always surging just below the surface. Producing some of the best-known lines in the English language, Shelley's radical politics and visionary ideas found their expressions in his poetry. This collection includes several of his most loved poems, from 'Ozymandias' and 'To a Skylark' to the stunningly ambitious 'The Masque of Anarchy'.

Percy Bysshe Shelley(1792-1822) was one of the leading romantic poets and a radical in politics. His personal life was tumultuous as his first wife died just five years intothe marriage and his relationship with his talented second wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, was often fractious. Unadmired during his own short life, his poetry acquired an immortal reputation.