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In una notte di nebbia Katharine arriva in una misteriosa tenuta vittoriana con l'incarico di controllare che l'eccentrico zio George non stia dilapidando il patrimonio di famiglia. Convinta di incontrare un uomo sull'orlo della follia scopre invece che lo zio è un geniale inventore e sostenta una vivace comunità di persone straordinarie come lui, salvate dai bassifondi di Londra. Aiutato dal giovane e affascinante Lane, George realizza creazioni fantasmagoriche: pesci meccanici, bambole che suonano il pianoforte e orologi dai mille ingranaggi. Ma Katharine comprende ben presto che una trama di interessi oscuri minaccia il suo mondo pieno di meraviglie e, forse, il destino di tutta l'Inghilterra. Età di lettura: da 12 anni.
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- Pagine: 308
- Data di uscita: 12-01-2016
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What an exciting debut! However, I feel the need to point out immediately that fans of steampunk may be disappointed by The Dark Unwinding which to me belongs firmly in the historical fiction genre. I would define steampunk as a kind of Victorian science fiction and wouldn't count merely having an i Leggi tutto
A decent dose of creepy, this was! The Dark Unwinding started rough for me. For the first quarter of the book at least I had a very difficult time getting into it. My attention kept waning, my mind wandering. I think mostly caused by my own restlessness, though, but surely not helped by the ambiguous Leggi tutto
Katherine has been sent by her grasping aunt to put her uncle in an asylum, clearing the way for her cousin to inherit his property. On her very odd arrival at her uncle's peculiar house, Katherine discovers that her uncle has hired more than a hundred people and their families out of London's workh Leggi tutto
Originally reviewed on The Book Smugglers Ana's Take: Katherine Tulman has been given a simple task by her horrible Aunt Alice: she must go to her eccentric uncle’s estate in order to determine whether he should be committed to an asylum or not. They fear he has been squandering the family’s fortu Leggi tutto
I did not finish reading this book. I was barely at page 100 when I said to myself,"This is the most boring book I have ever read." I tend to enjoy every book so if I didn't like this one, it had to have been pretty bad. I apologize to the author, but I am a pretty impatient person. The whole myster Leggi tutto
Katharine Tulman is a sixteen-year-old orphan, the ward of her cruel Aunt Alice. As the average female in Victorian England, Katharine is shut out of her family’s inheritance. Speaking of the inheritance, Aunt Alice worries that her brother-in-law, Frederic “Tully” Tulman, is squandering it on the re Leggi tutto
There was much to love in The Dark Unwinding, historical lavishness, steampunk curiosities, mysteries around every corner and an enchanting cast of characters. I was hard pressed to believe this rich world, and beautifully written plot were the creation of a debut writer. Sold originally as Clockwise Leggi tutto
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