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A rich brew of historical fantasy, philosophy and emotion.Descripción Taschenbuch. Pulley's prose is strong and energetic, with a wry edge, and even the most minor characters are drawn precisely." - The New York Times Book Review on THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET

Remarkable." - Los Angeles Times on THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET There's nothing quite like putting down a delightful, relentlessly charming and deeply moving book and then finding out it's the author's first. It dances between genres and makes partners of several.

"Humor, wit, mystery and danger are threaded through the book in musical measure. "Entrancing." - Publishers Weekly on THE BEDLAM STACKS "Pulley's second novel demonstrates that the imagination she showed in her impressive debut was no fluke." - Kirkus Reviews on THE BEDLAM STACKS Pulley adroitly departs from the historical record to make the Peruvian story her own, turning it into a work of magic realism." - The New York Times Book Review on THE BEDLAM STACKS "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Takiko Pepperharrow, an old friend of Mori's, must investigate.Īs the weather turns bizarrely electrical and ghosts haunt the country from Tokyo to Aokigahara forest, Thaniel grows convinced that it all has something to do with Mori's disappearance-and that Mori may be in serious danger. Meanwhile, something strange is happening in a frozen labor camp in Northern Japan. For reasons Mori won't-or can't-share, he is frightened. But while staying with Mori, he starts to experience ghostly happenings himself. Thaniel's brief is odd: the legation staff have been seeing ghosts, and Thaniel's first task is to find out what's really going on. Thaniel has received an unexpected posting to the British legation in Tokyo, and Mori has business that is taking him to Yokohama. Five years after they met in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Thaniel Steepleton, an unassuming translator, and Keita Mori, the watchmaker who remembers the future, are traveling to Japan. Now, Pulley revisits her beloved characters in a sequel that sweeps readers off to Japan in the 1880s, where nationalism is on the rise and ghosts roam the streets.ġ888.

Natasha Pulley's Watchmaker of Filigree Street captivated readers with its charming blend of historical fiction, fantasy, and steampunk.