- Fiction, science fiction, general, Time travel, Fiction
Brendan Doyle, a specialist in the work of the early-nineteenth century poet William Ashbless, reluctantly accepts an invitation from a millionaire to act as a guide to time-travelling tourists.
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Classical in form, grave, plot-driven and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Tim Powers
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Collins, Blackstone Audio, Inc., Mark V. Ziesing
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780575077256
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“FROM BETWEEN TWO trees at the crest of the hill a very old man watched, with a nostalgic longing he thought he'd lost all capacity for, as the last group of picnickers packed up their baskets, mounted their horses, and rode away south-they moved a little hastily, for it was a good six miles back to London, and the red sun was already silhouetting the branches of the trees along the River Brent, two miles to the west.”
**Tim Powers** is the author of fourteen novels, including The Anubis Gates, Declare, Hide Me Among the Graves, and On Stranger Tides, which was adapted for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie of the same title. His novels have twice won the Philip K. Dick Award and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and three times won Locus Awards. Powers lives with his wife, Serena, in San Bernardino, California.
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