![]() Returning from his failed expedition to find the source of the Nile, explorer, linguist, scholar and swordsman Sir Richard Francis Burton finds himself sucked into the perilous depths of this moral and ethical vacuum when the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, employs him as "King's Spy". Engineers transform the landscape with bigger, faster, noisier and dirtier technological wonders Eugenicists develop. Mark Hodder - It is 1861, and Albertian Britain is in the grip of conflicting forces. Mark Hodder’s THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK takes the grandfather paradox and runs with it in spectacular fashion This book was. Get this from a library Burton & Swinburne in The strange affair of spring heeled Jack. ![]() Engineers transform the landscape with bigger, faster, noisier and dirtier technological wonders Eugenicists develop specialist animals to provide unpaid labour Libertines oppose restrictive and unjust laws and flood the country with propaganda demanding a society based on beauty and creativity while The Rakes push the boundaries of human behaviour to the limits with magic, sexuality, drugs and anarchy. The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (1) If you’re looking for a cold night’s entertainment, this high-spirited mix of fact and fancy will do quite nicely, quite nicely indeed. The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack Mark Hodder Prometheus Books, 2010 - Fiction - 373 pages 39 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content. Summary: It is 1861, and Albertian Britain is in the grip of conflicting forces. ![]()
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