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y separately published work icon Evangeline and the Alchemist single work   novella   fantasy  
Is part of The Antics of Evangeline Madeleine D'Este , 2016 series - author novella (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Evangeline and the Alchemist
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'Cream cakes and inventions. Fake gold and kung-fu. Meet Evangeline.

In 1882, “Marvellous” Melbourne was flush with gold-rush cash and the British Empire’s second biggest city.

Evangeline, a seventeen year old reformed urchin and acrobat, is settling into a new comfortable life in Melbourne with her long lost father, Professor Caldicott. But learning to be a lady is awfully dull. Then one day, the police arrive, seeking the Professor’s expertise in catching an Alchemist.

Is this a chance for Evangeline to test out her new invention and save the day? With regular breaks for tea and cream buns, of course.

Evangeline & the Alchemist is a steampunk mystery-adventure novella and the first in The Antics of Evangeline series.'

Source: Publisher's Blurb

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Notes

  • Steampunk Note: The common tropes of Victorian-era characters (such as professors and street-urchins) as well as a drawing-room Victorian aesthetic, semi-fantastical elements and a focus on inventions places this story firmly in the realm of steampunk fiction.

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      Madeleine D'Este ,
      2016 .
      image of person or book cover 1164074966804995600.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 84p.
      ISBN: 978-0-9946042-0-0
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