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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Difference Engine
Publisher: Gollancz
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 057505297X
ISBN 13: 9780575052970
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In 1855, London swelters in a poisonous heatwave. The computer age has arrived a century ahead of time and the Industrial Revolution is in full swing. However, there is a conspiracy afoot, linking Britain with the France of Louis Napoleon and the Manhattan commune of Karl Marx.

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"Breathtaking."--"The New York Times Book Review
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"Smartly plotted, wonderfully crafted, and written with sly literary wit . . . spins marvelously and runs like a dream."--"Entertainment Weekly
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"Splendid . . . highly imaginative."--"Chicago Tribune
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"A ripping adventure yarn."--"Los Angeles Times
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"[A] tour-de-force."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer"

Breathtaking. "The New York Times Book Review
"
Smartly plotted, wonderfully crafted, and written with sly literary wit . . . spins marvelously and runs like a dream. "Entertainment Weekly
"
Splendid . . . highly imaginative. "Chicago Tribune
"
A ripping adventure yarn. "Los Angeles Times
"
[A] tour-de-force. "The Philadelphia Inquirer""

Breathtaking. The New York Times Book Review

Smartly plotted, wonderfully crafted, and written with sly literary wit . . . spins marvelously and runs like a dream. Entertainment Weekly

Splendid . . . highly imaginative. Chicago Tribune

A ripping adventure yarn. Los Angeles Times

[A] tour-de-force. The Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Breathtaking."--The New York Times Book Review

"Smartly plotted, wonderfully crafted, and written with sly literary wit . . . spins marvelously and runs like a dream."--Entertainment Weekly

"Splendid . . . highly imaginative."--Chicago Tribune

"A ripping adventure yarn."--Los Angeles Times

"[A] tour-de-force."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

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