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Grandville - Bryan Talbot
Grandville
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Two hundred years ago, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and fell under the thumb of French domination. Gaining independence after decades of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings, the Socialist Republic of Britain is now a small, unimportant backwater connected by a railway bridge,... show more
Two hundred years ago, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and fell under the thumb of French domination. Gaining independence after decades of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings, the Socialist Republic of Britain is now a small, unimportant backwater connected by a railway bridge, steam-powered dirigible, and mutual suspicion to France. When a British diplomat is murdered to look like suicide, ferocious Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard stalks a ruthless murder squad through the heart of a Belle Epoque Paris, the center of the greatest empire in a world of steam-driven hansom cabs, automatons, and flying machines. LeBrock's relentless quest can lead only to death, truth... or war.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781595823977 (1595823972)
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 108
Edition language: English
Series: Grandville (#1)
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Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it
2.5 Grandville - Disappointing
I can't remember when I've last been more disappointed in a long awaited book. From the moment I first hard of this series, I knew I had to read it. An alternate history of the UK and France (the British lost the battle of Waterloo and were controlled by the French for a time) with anthropomorphic c...
SunriseHues
SunriseHues rated it
4.0 Grandville
The Grandville thriller series is a great idea, and the first installment here is brilliant. The author could have been a wordsmith alone if he hadn't turned out to be such a great cartoonist. The author is so deft at weaving together his skein of plots, and the background detail is littered with de...
sixthreezy readsies
sixthreezy readsies rated it
3.0 Grandville
3.5 stars. Preferred Blacksad to this one, but still pretty cool in the fact that it's a pretty adult story told using animal characters. BADGERS?! WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGERS!
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it
4.0 Grandville #1
In a world where animals rule, two hundred years ago Britain lost the Napoleonic War and like other European countries it's royal family were gillotined. 23 years before England got her independence but there are still issues. Not least of which is the sudden death of Raymond Leigh-Otter, a death ...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it
4.0 Grandville
In a world where animals rule, two hundred years ago Britain lost the Napoleonic War and like other European countries it's royal family were gillotined. 23 years before England got her independence but there are still issues.Not least of which is the sudden death of Raymond Leigh-Otter, a death tha...
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