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The system of the world - Neal Stephenson
EDITORIAL REVIEW: 'Tis done. The world is a most confused and unsteady place -- especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy -- in the year 1714, when Daniel Wa... -
The minutes of the Lazarus Club - Tony Pollard
SUMMARY: 'Some of our ideas are not of the most orthodox nature. They would be frowned upon in anbsp;more traditional scientific environment, perhaps even laughed at.' London, 1857... -
The Winter House - Nicci Gerrard
When Marnie receives a phone call that summons her to the side of a once-beloved friend, she is wrenched from her orderly London life and sent back into a past from which she has f... -
The Wars of the Roses - Alison Weir
Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched... -
The Vivisector - Patrick White; J. M. Coetzee
Review"One of the great magicians of fiction . . . White's scope is vast and his invention endless."-_The Observer_ (London) Product DescriptionHurtle Duffield, a pai... -
The Tower, the Zoo and the Tort - Julia Stuart
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Brimming with charm, sparkling prose and undeniably unique characters, this hilarious novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightf... -
The Time Machine - H. G. Wells
The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends usi... -
The Story of Cirrus Flux - Matthew Skelton
SUMMARY: In 1783 London, the destiny of an orphaned boy and girl becomes intertwined as the boy, Cirrus Flux, is pursued by a sinister woman mesmerist, a tiny man with an all-seein... -
The Silent Cry - Anne Perry
Deep in London's dangerous slums, Victorians transact their most secret and shameful business. For a price, a man can procure whatever he wants. But for one such man, the price he ... -
The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair wi...