Nathaniel Steepleton-Thaniel, to his friends-is a telegrapher in the British Home Office in the 1880s. Blending historical events with dazzling flights of fancy, it opens doors to a strange and magical past. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a sweeping, atmospheric narrative that takes the reader on an unexpected journey through Victorian London, Japan as its civil war crumbles long-standing traditions, and beyond. When Grace Carrow, an Oxford physicist, unwittingly interferes, Thaniel is torn between opposing loyalties. Although Mori seems harmless, a chain of unexplainable events soon suggests he must be hiding something. At last, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely immigrant from Japan. Six months later, the mysterious timepiece saves his life, drawing him away from a blast that destroys Scotland Yard. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Norrell, an enchanting, bestselling novel that sweeps readers into a magical Victorian London inhabited by a clockwork octopus and a mysterious watchmaker who is not at all what he first appears.ฤก883.
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