Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time …
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2 stars
It's a gorgeously written book and the world-building and attention to detail is phenomenal, but the narrative is simply far too slow. I don't really need a five-page footnote to provide every bit of backstory that didn't fit into the main novel and - about half way through - gave up on these entirely just so I could slog through to the end of the book.