Unseemly science : being volume two of the fall of the gas-lit empire (Fall of the gas-lit empire 02)
by Duncan, Rod
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Summary
"In the divided land of England, Elizabeth Barnabus has been living a double life--as both herself and as her brother, the private detective. Witnessing the hanging of Alice Carter, the false duchess, Elizabeth resolves to throw the Bullet Catcher's Handbook into the fire, and forget her past. If on... Full description
Summary: |
"In the divided land of England, Elizabeth Barnabus has been living a double life--as both herself and as her brother, the private detective. Witnessing the hanging of Alice Carter, the false duchess, Elizabeth resolves to throw the Bullet Catcher's Handbook into the fire, and forget her past. If only it were that easy! There is a new charitable organization in town, run by some highly respectable women. But something doesn't feel right to Elizabeth. Perhaps it is time for her fictional brother to come out of retirement for one last case? Her unstoppable curiosity leads her to a dark world of body-snatching, unseemly experimentation, politics and scandal. Never was it harder for a woman in a man's world..."--Page 4 of cover. |
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Physical Description: |
379 pages |
ISBN: |
9780857664273 0857664271 |
Author Notes: |
Some might say that he is obsessed with boundary markers, naive 18th Century gravestones and forming friendships with crows. But he says he is interested in the way things change. gaslitempire.co.uk twitter.com/rodduncan Author hometown- Leicester, UK |