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WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD Thaniel Steepleton returns from his job at the Home Office to his tiny flat only to find a gold pocketwatch lying on his pillow. When the watch then saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2016
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- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Natasha Pulley
- Vydavateľ
- Bloomsbury
- Rok vydania
- 2016
- Väzba
- mäkká
- ISBN10
- 1408854317
- ISBN13
- 9781408854310
- Štítky
- Beletria, Detektívky & Thriller, Fantasy, Historické romány, Detektívky, Sci-Fi, Darčeky pre dedka, Anglicko, Japonsko, Veľká Británia, Londýn, Magický realizmus, Steampunk, Japonská kultúra, Scotland Yard, Jasnovidectvo
- Hodnotenie
- 3,7 z 5
- Anotácia
- WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD Thaniel Steepleton returns from his job at the Home Office to his tiny flat only to find a gold pocketwatch lying on his pillow. When the watch then saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori - a kind, lonely Japanese immigrant. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library, desperate to prove the existence of the luminiferous ether before her mother can force her to marry. As the lives of these three characters become entwined, events spiral out of control until Thaniel is torn between loyalties, futures and opposing geniuses.