This odd and rather weighty novel is a perverse and in someways satirical story of the relationship between two competing, for want of a better word, wizards. I say "for want of a better word" because one of the men would consider himself a scientist. It is a strange blend of a book; a fantasy written in the style of a Dickens novel, an alternative history of the Napoleonic wars, and philosophical discussion of the differences between the rational and irrational, science and reason versus passion and the insane and and experiment in old english to boot!
It's good. Very good. However, it is a difficult read.
I will wait a while and read it again. As with many things in life I suspect this book is an acquired taste and that appreciation grows with re-savouring.
3 star read (for now)
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