It is 1863, but not the one it should be. Time has veered wildlyoff course, and now the first moves are being made that will leadto a devastating world war and the fall of the British Empire. Theprime minister, Lord Palmerston, believes that by...
London, 1861. Sir Richard Francis Burton—explorer, linguist, scholar, and swordsman; his reputation tarnished; his career in tatters; his former partner missing and probably dead. Algernon Charles Swinburne—unsuccessful poet and follower of de...