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The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi: The Burton & Swinburne Adventures

The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi: The Burton & Swinburne Adventures

by Mark Hodder (Author)

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    Hardcover 2013

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Synopsis

The Beast has been summoned, history will be unmade Freshly knighted by King George V for discovering the source of the Nile, Sir Richard Francis Burton has been made an agent of the Crown. His mission is twofold: solve a series of high profile disappearances and, even more astonishing, locate the spirit of a dead mystic, Abdu el Yezdi, who has served the Crown as an advisor since Queen Victoria was so monstrously assassinated. Burton and Swinburne are back - pitted against a cabal of dangerous men, facing seemingly supernatural entities while fighting for their very existence...

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 08 Aug 2013
ISBN 10: 0091950627
ISBN 13: 9780091950620
Book Overview: A thrilling new steampunk adventure for Burton & Swinburne.

Media Reviews
Serious literary fun as Mark Hodder vaults to the front of the new steampunk writers pack. Elaborately researched and name-checked, THE SECRET OF ABDU EL YEZDI races Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton through a diabolically baffling maze of historical possiblities -- plus there's corsets and airships. Hard to imagine any lover of alternate British empires not being thoroughly amazed and entertained K.W. Jeter Great fun, thought-provoking, highly literate and beautifully written Daily Mail
Author Bio
A former BBC writer, editor, journalist and Web producer, Mark Hodder has worked in all the new and traditional medias. He was based in London for most of his working life until 2008, when he relocated to Valencia in Spain.