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The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man picks up a few months after the events of book 1. This is an alternative history where Queen Victoria was assassinated early in her reign through the misguided attempt of a time-traveler to save his family name. Sir Richard Francis Burton, explorer turned “king’s agent” for Albert, has recovered from his injuries but is experiencing suffering of a different sort. He has spent a goodly portion of his professional life dedicated to discovering the source of the Nile River in Africa, but he is being denied the opportunity to go on the newest expedition. After an unseemly (aka drunken) display at the Royal Geographical Society Burton is being escorted home by a likewise […]
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