It is 1849. Across Europe the high tide of revolution has crested leaving recrimination and betrayal in its wake. From the high councils of Prussia to the corridors of Parliament the powers-that-be breathe sighs of relief. But the powers-that-be are hardly unified among themselves. Far from it . . .. On the south coast of England London man-about-town James Cobham comes to himself in a country inn with no idea how he got there. Corresponding with his brother he discovers he has been presumed drowned in a boating accident. Together they decide that he should stay put for the moment while they investigate what may have transpired. For James Cobham is a wanted man―wanted by conspiring factions of the government and the Chartists alike and also targeted by a magical conspiracy inside his own family. . And so the adventure of Freedom and Necessity begins… leading the reader through every corner of mid-nineteenth-century Britain from the parlors of the elite to the dens of the underclass. Steven Brust and Emma Bull have crafted a masterful mix of fantasy and historical fiction. Not since Wilkie Collins or Conan Doyle has there been such a profusion of guns swordfights family intrigues women disguised as men occult societies philosophical discussions and of course passionate romance.
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