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The Great Game: Bk. 3: The Bookman Histories – Angry Robot

Posted by Notcot on Jan 25, 2013 in Steampunk
The Great Game: Bk. 3: The Bookman Histories - Angry Robot

The Lizardine Empire is under threat. When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer – and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Mycroft’s protege, returns from Abyssinia with an ancient device that summons deadly, giant tripods. Across the ocean, a young Harry Houdini faces death…and the return of an enemy once thought vanquished. File Under: Steampunk [ Alternate History! | Victorians Bite | End Of Days | Oooo-Laaaaah ] “The juicy backstory is unfolded by Tidhar, making it a key part of what makes the narrative so compelling…skilful, clever and hugely enjoyable. 4 ****” – SFX Magazine

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The Bookman Histories

Posted by Notcot on Jan 20, 2013 in Steampunk
The Bookman Histories

Containing all three Bookman History novels: “The Bookman Camera Obscura” “The Great Game” “The Bookman”. When his beloved is killed in a terrorist atrocity by the sinister Bookman, young poet Orphan becomes enmeshed in a web of secrets and lies. Camera Obscura Can’t find a rational explanation? Call in the Quiet Council! The mysterious and glamorous Lady De Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder inside a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start…The Great Game When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer…and stumble upon the greatest conspiracy of his life! File Under: Steampunk; Alternate History!; Diabolical Anarchists; Murder Most Foul; and, The End of Days.

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The Bookman Histories

Posted by Notcot on Jan 20, 2013 in Steampunk
The Bookman Histories

Containing all three Bookman History novels: “The Bookman Camera Obscura” “The Great Game” “The Bookman”. When his beloved is killed in a terrorist atrocity by the sinister Bookman, young poet Orphan becomes enmeshed in a web of secrets and lies. Camera Obscura Can’t find a rational explanation? Call in the Quiet Council! The mysterious and glamorous Lady De Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder inside a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start…The Great Game When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer…and stumble upon the greatest conspiracy of his life! File Under: Steampunk; Alternate History!; Diabolical Anarchists; Murder Most Foul; and, The End of Days.

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The Bookman Histories

Posted by Notcot on Jan 19, 2013 in Steampunk
The Bookman Histories

Containing all three Bookman History novels: “The Bookman Camera Obscura” “The Great Game” “The Bookman”. When his beloved is killed in a terrorist atrocity by the sinister Bookman, young poet Orphan becomes enmeshed in a web of secrets and lies. Camera Obscura Can’t find a rational explanation? Call in the Quiet Council! The mysterious and glamorous Lady De Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder inside a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start…The Great Game When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer…and stumble upon the greatest conspiracy of his life! File Under: Steampunk; Alternate History!; Diabolical Anarchists; Murder Most Foul; and, The End of Days.

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The Great Game: Bk. 3: The Bookman Histories – Angry Robot

Posted by Notcot on Dec 4, 2012 in Steampunk
The Great Game: Bk. 3: The Bookman Histories - Angry Robot

The Lizardine Empire is under threat. When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer – and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Mycroft’s protege, returns from Abyssinia with an ancient device that summons deadly, giant tripods. Across the ocean, a young Harry Houdini faces death…and the return of an enemy once thought vanquished. File Under: Steampunk [ Alternate History! | Victorians Bite | End Of Days | Oooo-Laaaaah ] “The juicy backstory is unfolded by Tidhar, making it a key part of what makes the narrative so compelling…skilful, clever and hugely enjoyable. 4 ****” – SFX Magazine

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The Great Game: Bk. 3: The Bookman Histories – Angry Robot

Posted by Notcot on Jul 13, 2012 in Steampunk
The Great Game: Bk. 3: The Bookman Histories - Angry Robot

The Lizardine Empire is under threat. When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer – and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Mycroft’s protege, returns from Abyssinia with an ancient device that summons deadly, giant tripods. Across the ocean, a young Harry Houdini faces death…and the return of an enemy once thought vanquished. File Under: Steampunk [ Alternate History! | Victorians Bite | End Of Days | Oooo-Laaaaah ] “The juicy backstory is unfolded by Tidhar, making it a key part of what makes the narrative so compelling…skilful, clever and hugely enjoyable. 4 ****” – SFX Magazine

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Horrible Histories: The Woeful Second World War

Posted by Notcot on May 15, 2012 in Cult Film
Horrible Histories: The Woeful Second World War

Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s brilliant books about the nastiest periods in history have now – with the help of some astounding actors – been transformed into a series of audio extravaganzas. Featuring new extra material not found anywhere in the books these sound spectaculars are just as thrilling and spilling funny and fast as their printed counterparts. Horrible Histories are guaranteed to bring you history with the nasty bits left in! ; ; So if you want to hear the dreadful truth about Dad’s Army or how sweet rationing drove a teacher to steal from his pupils or what happened when an elephant got loose in the blackout the full foul facts about life on the home front are laid out before your ears. It’s packed with quizzes sketches and jokes as well as mini-dramas and real life re-enactments – telling you the kind of foul facts which just aren’t available from a classroom education! ; ; History has never been so horrible!

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Gothic Histories: The Taste for Terror, 1764 to the Present

Posted by Notcot on Apr 20, 2011 in Gothic

By explaining the international dimension of Gothicism and dealing with German, French and American authors, this guide demonstrates the development of the genre in many areas of art and includes original research on Gothic theatre, spiritualism, ‘ghost seeing’ and spirit photography and the central impact of penny-dreadful writers on the genre.

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A Geography of Victorian Gothic Fiction: Mapping History’s Nightmares

Posted by Notcot on Apr 1, 2011 in Gothic

This title challenges the view that ‘psychology’ explains the Gothic. Mighall offers original readings of familiar texts, from Dickens to Stoker, Wilkie Collins to Conan Doyle; but also a rich store of original sources, from European travelogues to sexological textbooks, from ecclesiastic histories to pamphlets on the perils of self-abuse.

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