Nov 09, 2023Hillsboro_JeanineM rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Victorian farce with time travel from the future as well as side trips to London during the Blitz and medieval times. These are research trips in order to renovate and historically reconstruct the Coventry Cathedral with a dash of romane…
Jun 08, 2023anonymous_leopard rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I've lost track of how many times I've reread this (or re-listened to. The audio version is excellent). It hits so many genres, so well: mystery, sci-fi, history, romance, humor.
Dec 18, 2019IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An award-winning, comic science fiction combination of time travel and historical novel, under the influence of Monty Python, Jerome K. Jerome, and theatrical drawing room comedies. Like most time travel stories, the plot of this is…
Nov 04, 2019WCL_Kiirstin rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very clever, funny, and re-reads well. A smart, fun ride where the pieces of the puzzle are all there from the start, and fly in fast and furious at the end to fit together in a very satisfying way.
Jul 19, 2019RunningJoke rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
An exciting book to read. It is so filled with interesting characters (that you actually care about), literary allusions, and historical information that you may actually forget that it is a Science-Fiction novel. (To say nothing of the…
Mar 12, 2019sloanelCPL rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This book was good company for several weeks. I think one has to be a certain kind of person and/or be in a certain kind of mood for this to appeal. I enjoyed the close analysis of implications of time travel, the idea that there is…
Jun 05, 2017Tabaqui rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I quite enjoyed this book, with its humor, adventure, and slight romance, and would definitely recommend it. The characters were all quite likable, and the notion of time travel simply added to the fun. I would not, however, recommend…
Jan 28, 2016apronlady1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favorite books ever! Science-fiction, a romance, comedy, a time-travel puzzle. Delightful and bizarre happenings. It introduced me to "Three Men in a Boat" which is truly one of the most delightful novels in the English…
Readers who enjoy a retake on a classic, and love humour and imaginative settings will likely enjoy this novel. Inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat, Willis takes our time-travelling characters on a wild ride from the future,…
Dec 19, 2013bkilfoy rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A delight from start to finish, I'm not sure I've ever enjoyed a time travel novel more. With fantastic comedic moments, excellent historical descriptions of both England during the Blitz and the Victorian era, and a complex mystery that…
Apr 11, 2011strathfines rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Fun and funny. Time travel, spoiled heiresses, butlers, and dotty Oxford professors.
Northbrook_Eric
Jan 12, 2011
Ned, an historian in the future is sent back to Victorian times to retrieve a mysterious object, a "Bishop's Bird Stump", in order to keep appease a wealthy university benefactor (Lady Shrapnel) and along the way keep history from going…
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