The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

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Publisher's Synopsis

In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has worse fears than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori--a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. Although Mori seems harmless at first, a chain of unexpected events soon proves that he must be hiding something. Meanwhile, Grace Carrow is sneaking into an Oxford library dressed as a man. A theoretical physicist, she is 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 opposin

Book information

ISBN: 9781620408339
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Pub date:
Edition: First US edition
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 318
Weight: 454g
Height: 236mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 28mm