Die Frauen Von Nell Gwynne's
by:
Kage Baker (author)
Astrid Mosler (author)
ISBN:
9783867620741 (3867620741)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Feder & Schwert
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Steampunk,
Time Travel,
Alternate History,
Fantasy Of Manners,
Mannerpunk,
Sex Work,
Prostitution
The prostitutes at Nell Gwynne’s house are carefully selected women of many talents. Few know that their clients include not just the upper crust of London society, but The Gentlemen’s Speculative Society, who pay mainly, not for pleasures of the flesh, but for secrets and spycraft. Their payments t...
I found the description of our heroine's role in the 1842 retreat from Kabul quite annoying. The author spends two paragraphs describing her capture and escape.
Liked the concept, but none of the characters really had much development, and I constantly had to pause and remind myself who was who. I suspect I'd like the full-length novels better, or else that reading the other Company Series installments would flesh things out a bit more to my liking.
One last romp with Kage Baker. This novella follows a new hero - the Lady Beatrice from her traumatic youth to a steampunk adventure with her co-workers from Nell Gwynne's. It's short but fun.
So, I wanted to give this a three, but I was left wicked confused by the end.
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