The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi: The Burton & Swinburne Adventures [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Hodder, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0091950627 ISBN 13: 9780091950620

Casa editrice: Del Rey, 2013

Riassunto

The Beast has been summoned, history will be unmade

Freshly knighted by King George V for discovering the source of the Nile, Sir Richard Francis Burton has been made an agent of the Crown.

His mission is twofold: solve a series of high profile disappearances and, even more astonishing, locate the spirit of a dead mystic, Abdu el Yezdi, who has served the Crown as an advisor since Queen Victoria was so monstrously assassinated.

Burton and Swinburne are back – pitted against a cabal of dangerous men, facing seemingly supernatural entities while fighting for their very existence...

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Recensione:

"Serious literary fun as Mark Hodder vaults to the front of the new steampunk writers pack. Elaborately researched and name-checked, THE SECRET OF ABDU EL YEZDI races Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton through a diabolically baffling maze of historical possiblities -- plus there's corsets and airships. Hard to imagine any lover of alternate British empires not being thoroughly amazed and entertained" (K.W. Jeter)

"Great fun, thought-provoking, highly literate and beautifully written" (Daily Mail)

Descrizione del libro:

A thrilling new steampunk adventure for Burton & Swinburne.

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• Editore: Del Rey
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0091950627
• ISBN 13: 9780091950620
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 416