Queen Victoria's Book of Spells

Queen Victoria's Book of Spells

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Publisher's Synopsis

""Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and The Prestige by Christopher Priest, owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Brontë's, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period. Queen Victoria's Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that

Book information

ISBN: 9780765332271
Publisher: Tor Book
Imprint: Tor Book
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.0876608
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 350
Weight: 454g
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 22mm