You can find my completed grid below along with explanations of my solutions where I have them. The clueing wasn’t quite as inventive, but there’s always something nice about concisely-written clues. It had some elements that made me smile but it was most interesting for the world described in such great detail in the novel and for the unfolding of the twists and turns of the plot.Another medium-strength Jumbo, much like Saturday’s, and another winner in my book. The voices selected brough a warmth and likeableness to many of the main characters and he made those who had bodily modifications sound so very different it really made them come alive.ĭid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
What does Gerard Doyle bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book? Although he claimed to be utterly depraved he was a likeable character with a strong sense of loyalty. I loved all the scenes with Algernon Swinburne.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack? There were so many different characters it will probably take another listen to fully appreciate them. Yes, it was an interesting foray into a past quite different from the one recorded in the history books. Would you listen to The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack again? Why? Their investigations lead them to one of the defining events of the age, and the terrifying possibility that the world they inhabit shouldn’t exist at all. The two men are sucked into the perilous depths of this moral and ethical vacuum, when Lord Palmerston commissions Burton to investigate assaults on young women committed by a weird apparition known as Spring Heeled Jack, and to find out why werewolves are terrorizing London's East End. They stand at a crossroads in their lives, and are caught in the epicentre of an empire torn by conflicting forces: Engineers transform the landscape with bigger, faster, noisier, and dirtier technological wonders Eugenicists develop specialist animals to provide unpaid labour and Libertines oppose repressive laws and demand a society based on beauty and creativity, while the Rakes push the boundaries of human behaviour to the limits with magic, drugs, and anarchy. Algernon Charles Swinburne is an unsuccessful poet and follower of de Sade, for whom pain is pleasure and brandy is ruin. His reputation has been tarnished, his career is in tatters, and his former partner is missing and probably dead. Sir Richard Francis Burton is an explorer, linguist, scholar, and swordsman.
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