by Mark Hodder · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782352948230
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«L'Étrange cas de l'homme mécanique» is the steampunk novel by Mark Hodder, published by Bragelonne in paperback (504 pages, in French).
London, 1862. Richard Burton, explorer and agent of the Crown, and the poet Algernon Swinburne investigate a newly appeared aristocrat claiming an inheritance. Between a haunted mansion, street riots, and travels from South America to Australia, they uncover a plot around legendary diamonds that threatens the British Empire.
Second installment of the Burton & Swinburne saga, French translation of The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man.
For those who enjoy steampunk, historical conspiracies, and Victorian settings.
Mark Hodder is an English author, since 2008 living in Spain. His six-part series of 'Burton & Swinburne' steampunk novels opened with The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, which went on to win the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award. The following two novels, The Curious Case of the Clockwork-Man and Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively to wide acclaim from fans of the genre, with the latter nominated for a Sidewise Award. His fourth novel in the Burton & Swinburne series, The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi, was also nominated for a Sidewise Award.
