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The bullet-catcher's daughter : being volume one of the fall of the gas-lit empire /

"Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life--as herself and as her brother, a private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus. But when she co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, Rod (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Nottingham ; New York : Angry Robot, [2014]
Series:Duncan, Rod. Fall of the gas-lit empire ; 1.
Subjects:
Women private investigators > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Conspiracies > Fiction.
Luddites > Fiction.
Inventions > Fiction.
False personation > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Inventions. > Fiction.
Femmes détectives > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Personnes disparues > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Conspiration > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Luddites > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Inventions > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Supposition de personne > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Conspiracies.
False personation.
Inventions.
Luddites.
Missing persons.
Women private investigators.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
Fiction.
History.
Steampunk fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)
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Summary:"Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life--as herself and as her brother, a private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus. But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:373 pages ; 18 cm.
ISBN:0857665308
9780857665300