The Ministry of Time
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4.0 • 32 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
The Time Traveller's Wife meets David Mitchell meets Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow meets Kate & Leopold in this debut novel from an award-winning writer.
There are several ways to tell a story.
A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets the end. England is forever; England must fall.
A civil servant starts working as a 'bridge' - a liaison, helpmeet and housemate - in an experimental project that brings expatriates from the past into the twenty-first century. This is a science-fiction story.
In a London safehouse in the 2020s, a disorientated Victorian polar explorer chain smokes while listening to Spotify and learning about political correctness. This is a comedy.
During a long, sultry summer - as the shadows around them grow long and dangerous - two people fall in love, against all odds. This is a romance.
The Ministry of Time is a novel about Commander Graham Gore (R.N. c.1809-c.1847) and a woman known only as the bridge. As their relationship turns from the strictly professional into something more and uneasy truths begin to emerge, they are forced to face the reality of the project that brought them together.
Can love triumph over the structures and histories that shape them?
(P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Customer Reviews
*Intriguing*
I’m torn between thinking this was a work of sheer genius or a bonkers story, but either way, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The story begins with a civil servant who is offered a job with limited information but a lucrative salary. Her role is to act as a bridge between the past and present, living with and monitoring an expat from 1847.
Her expat, Commander Graham Gore, is an explorer. The author skillfully weaves real life and fiction to create three-dimensional characters. What struck me most was how Gore adapted to life in the present, a world that seemed otherworldly to him. He had no concept of modern appliances or the societal norms of women compared to his time.
As the different bridges and characters get to know each other, a gentle romance blossoms. However, a sinister plot unfolds when more than one of the expats is murdered. The story takes a dramatic turn as we witness the collision of past, present, and future, leaving us to wonder who will be left standing.
The military day time
Good 😊