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Gemma (572 KP) rated The Watchmaker of Filigree Street in Books

Jun 30, 2018  
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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I absolutely loved this book. I found the characters fascinating, complex and believable. I genuinely couldn't predict which way the story was going to go and I love the fact that it was set in a kind of steampunk Victorian England setting. I especially enjoyed the beautiful descriptions of Mori's clockwork. I get that this probably isn't everyone's cup of tea, I think it's a 'love it or hate it' kind of novel but I definitely loved it.
  
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David McK (3721 KP) rated The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody, #3)
Elizabeth Peters | 1995
6
6.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
The third of Elizabeth Peter's <i>Amelia Peabody</i> (who is a Victorian archaeologist) series of books, this is the first one on which her incredibly precocious son Ramses is old enough to join Amelia and her husband on an expedition to Egypt.

Of course, this then turns into a mystery novel when it transpires that artifacts are being stolen from the digs(no surprise there), and when one of their acquaintances is murdered in Cairo ...
  
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Deepak Chopra recommended Kim in Books (curated)

 
Kim
Kim
Rudyard Kipling, Zohreh T. Sullivan | 2002 | Essays
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"An example of masterful storytelling that fascinated me growing up. I identified with Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, because we were both children of the army; my father was an army doctor who had served under Lord Mountbatten. On rereading, the setting of the Afghan Wars in the late Victorian era has chilling implications for today. The book is also a reminder that Kipling’s colonialist perspective didn’t blind him to the teeming human drama of India."

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