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The Constantine Affliction

Summary: 1864. London is a city in transition. The Constantine Affliction-a strange malady that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others into the opposite sex-has spread scandal and upheaval throughout society. Scientific marvels and disasters, such as clockwork courtesans, the alchemical fires of Whitechapel, electric carriages, and acidic monsters lurking in the Thames, have forever altered the face of the city.Pembroke "Pimm" Hanover is an aristocrat with an interest in criminology, who uses his keen powers of observation to assist the police or private individuals-at least when.

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ISBN: 9781597804257 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1597804258 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (283 p.)
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Night Shade Books, 2012.

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Description based upon print version of record.

Formatted Contents Note:

Acts of Love; The Marriage of Two Minds; Scandal and Poppycock; A Meeting with Value; Womanly Arts; An Offer One Cannot, In Good Conscience, Refuse; Modern Advances in Scientific Pleasure; Interviews with Horrible Men; Escape from a Mechanical Brothel!; Deductions; Investigations; An Eyewitness, Sans Eyes; What Follows; The Luna Club Unknowingly Integrates; A Worthwhile Inquiry; True Confessions; The Living, the Dead, and Others; A Body, As Evidence; Housebreaking; Services Most Unsatisfactory; A Wrongful Termination; A Picnic in the Park; A Man of Parts; Conqueror's Words; Captivations