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| Title | : | Unnatural History (Pax Britannia #1) |
| Author | : | Jonathan Green |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | April 17th 2007 by Abaddon Books |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fantasy. Alternate History. Fiction. Adventure. Mystery |
Jonathan Green
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.43 | 591 Users | 65 Reviews
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In the closing years of the 20th century the British Empire's rule is still going strong. Queen Victoria is about to celebrate her 160th birthday, kept alive by advanced steam technology. London is a fantastical sprawling metropolis where dirigibles roam the skies, robot bobbies enforce the law and dinosaurs are on display in London zoo. Welcome to Magna Britannia, a steam driven world full of fantastical creations and shady villains. Here dashing dandies and mustachioed villains battle for supremacy while below the city strange things stir in the flooded tunnels of the old London Underground. In two scant months the nation, and all her colonies, will celebrate 160 years of Queen Victoria's glorious reign. But all is not well at the heart of the empire of Magna Britannia. A chain of events is about to be set in motion that, if not stopped, could lead to a world-shattering conclusion. It begins with a break-in at the Natural History Museum. A night watchman is murdered. An eminent Professor of Evolutionary Biology goes missing. Then a catastrophic overground rail-crash unleashes the dinosaurs of London ZooItemize Books Supposing Unnatural History (Pax Britannia #1)
| Original Title: | Unnatural History |
| ISBN: | 1905437102 (ISBN13: 9781905437108) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Pax Britannia #1 |
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Ratings: 3.43 From 591 Users | 65 ReviewsJudgment Containing Books Unnatural History (Pax Britannia #1)
When I could pick this book up on my Kobo for free, my hopes weren't too high. Still I gave it a shot, and I am glad I did.Sure, this isn't a literary masterpiece. The characters are simple and shallow, the 'romance' is cheesy, the plot is predictable and we basically fall from one action scene into the next. And it was all just a lot of fun.Our main character is described by everyone (including himself) as the dandy adventurer in service of the crown. And that is what he is (and nothing more).I realised too late that this is a genre piece - consciously clichéd and exaggerated characters and plot, purposefully inane dialogues, incongruous use of vocabulary, aimless comedy etc. You have to like this, and I really think books should carry warning messages in this respect, because the setting appealed very much to me, and I was under the delusion that it would allow for a little more depth. Silly me (perhaps). Only thing I really liked was the strong anti-hero aspect of the main
Unnatural History wants to be many things. It wants to be a great adventure tale set in a unique steampunk alternate universe. It wants to have a slick interesting protagonist. what we get falls flat of the author's grand imtentions. This book has a lot of great ideas. A unique alt history storyline, where steam power has actually managed to take technology to new heights. it is the world of a hero adventure, who reads like an homage to Doc Savage with spidey senses. There are many ideas in this
I have no idea why this was on my kindle. At least it was short.
In a few months Britain and her colonies will celebrate the 160th anniversary of the rule of Queen Victoria, but there are those plotting to bring down London and the Empire with it. It's up to Ulysses Quicksilver, gentleman adventurer and Agent of the Throne, to trace the plot from its source at the break-in at the Natural History Museum to its horrifying conclusion.This is a steampunk type book set in a 1990s where the British Empire never ended and Queen Victoria is still on the throne and
got bored too quickly. stopped reading
Why Read: This was a NetGalley read that I picked up out of sheer curiosity. For those of you who know me, you know Im currently deep in the listening of the British History Podcast, which follows the history of the territory of Great Britain. I saw this and the back description especially and well I simply had to read it. Review: Unnatural History was just that: unnatural. I mean that in an entirely good way. There was a certain sense to the book that definitely led me to the conclusion that it
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