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The Secrets of the Lazarus Club

Tony Pollard author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:27th Aug '09

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The Secrets of the Lazarus Club cover

London, 1857
A series of mutilated corpses are pulled from the Thames. Young surgeon Dr George Phillips is first consulted, and then suspected, by baffled police.

The Lazarus Club
Meanwhile, a secret society meets. This gathering of the finest minds of the age - Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin and others - wish to use their discoveries to change the world. . .

Murder and conspiracy
But there are those who use the club for their own mysterious and black ends. With his reputation and his life on the line, Dr Phillips must unmask the plotters before they unleash on an unsuspecting world an awesome scientific power. . .

"This is splendid stuff ... twists and turns like a journey through a maze' Scotsman 'A dark thriller with more corpses than Sweeney Todd' Harper's Bazaar 'Highly ingenious, roars to life' Daily Telegraph 'A rip-roaring historical thriller' Metro 'A riveting yarn' The Times

ISBN: 9780141035895

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 30mm

Weight: 339g

512 pages