Hide Me Among the Graves
From Last Call to On Stranger Tides to Declare to Three Days to Never, any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With Hide Me Among the Graves, it’s possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A breathtaking historical thriller in which art and the...
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From Last Call to On Stranger Tides to Declare to Three Days to Never, any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With Hide Me Among the Graves, it’s possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A breathtaking historical thriller in which art and the supernatural collide, Hide Me Among the Graves transports readers back to mid-19th century London and features a reformed ex-prostitute, a veterinarian, and the vampire ghost of Lord Byron’s onetime physician, uncle to poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A novel that, like all his others, is virtually impossible to pidgeonhole—or to resist—Hide Me Among the Graves is the taut, gripping, and utterly remarkable literary thrill ride that Tim Powers fans have been eagerly waiting for.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062210807 (0062210807)
Publish date: February 19th 2013
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Urban Fantasy,
Historical Fiction,
Steampunk,
Horror,
Alternate History,
Gothic,
Supernatural,
Vampires
I love Tim Power's work and list him as one of my favourite authors. A unique fantasist with a strong prose style. However, I'd rank this book along with its prequel, THE STRESS OF HER REGARD, as my two least favourites of his.
Tim Powers is the master of the historical magical fantasy novel. Weaving together fragments of historical truth with magical arcana, any Powers novel is a treat. Declare, for example, connected little known, but true, facts about Kim Philby, Lawrence of Arabia, and Communist Russia with djinn and d...
If this book was a beer it would be called Tim Powers Lite because it contains less.With a Victorian London setting, séances, and things that go bump in the night I should have loved this book. Tim Powers is one of my favorite authors but this isn't his best effort. There is not enough originality h...