Gate of Angels

<p>Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.</p><p>It is 1912 and at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate.</p><p>Fred Fairly a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus where for centuries no female not even a pussy cat has been allowed to set foot lectures in physics. Science he is certain will explain everything.</p><p>Until into Fred's orderly life come Daisy. Fred is smitten. Why have I met her? he wonders. How can I tell if she's quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist. To him the truth should be everything. But even scientists make mistakes.</p>