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The Watchmaker Novels
2013
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novel
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2013
Julius and the Watchmaker
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'Julius Higgins runs errands delivering books to customers of his grandfather's bookshop—when he's not running from Crimper McCready and his gang of bullies.
Then a mysterious clock collector turns up looking for the diary of watchmaker John Harrison. Before he knows what he's doing Julius has tricked his grandfather, run away from home and done a deal with the strange man Springheel. And that's all before he finds out that the watchmaker's diary is really an instruction manual for making a time-travel device. Now that Springheel has his hands on it, catastrophe almost certainly awaits.
Julius and the Watchmaker is a fabulous time-travel adventure set in Victorian London—mostly—with an array of colourful Dickensian characters, gyrofliers, carts of offal, sharp-toothed creatures called Grackacks, and the most intricate and entrancing explanation of time and all its possible and probable futures. This debut novel is the work of a brilliant imagination, a classic in the making.' (Publisher's blurb)
Julius and the Watchmaker is a fabulous time-travel adventure set in Victorian London—mostly—with an array of colourful Dickensian characters, gyrofliers, carts of offal, sharp-toothed creatures called Grackacks, and the most intricate and entrancing explanation of time and all its possible and probable futures. This debut novel is the work of a brilliant imagination, a classic in the making.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Steampunk Note: This novel contains the classic steampunk mix of an alternate Victorian London and advanced clockwork technology.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Julius and the Watchmaker (The Watchmaker Novels #1)
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , October 2016;
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
Julius & the Watchmaker by Tim Hehir
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , July 2013;
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
Review : Julius and the Watchmaker
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2013; (p. 68)
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
Tim Hehir
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 57 no. 2 2013; (p. 8-9) -
[Review Essay] Julius and the Watchmaker
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel
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Young Adult Fiction
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 29)
— Review of Cry Blue Murder 2013 single work novel ; Girl Defective 2013 single work novel ; Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel ; The Mimosa Tree 2013 single work novel -
[Review] Julius and the Watchmaker
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 June 2013; (p. 28)
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
[Review Essay] Julius and the Watchmaker
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
[Review] Julius and the Watchmaker
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 28 no. 3 2013; (p. 36)
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
[Review Essay] Julius and the Watchmaker
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 21 no. 2 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of Julius and the Watchmaker 2013 single work novel -
Tim Hehir
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 57 no. 2 2013; (p. 8-9)
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- ca. 1800-1899
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