![]() ![]() Repeated trips to the twentieth century give Ned a severe case of “time lag”, which is a malady characterized by incoherence, difficulty distinguishing sounds, and excessive sentimentality. Ned’s job is to locate a monstrosity called the bishop’s bird stump – a Victorian statue used as a vase. Lady Schrapnell has all the historians scrambling back and forth across time researching the details of the cathedral so she can make an authentic reproduction. ![]() Ned and his colleagues are currently at the mercy of the over-bearing Lady Schrapnell, who is rebuilding the Coventry Cathedral – in Oxford. To Say Nothing of the Dog is a first-person narrative told from the perspective of Ned Henry, a twenty-first century historian and time traveler. But there’s more than just time travel here romance, history, mystery, and philosophy all play important parts in this fabulous novel. ![]() ![]() Smart and witty, the plot of this book centers on the “science” of time travel. Are you tired of time travel books involving magic rings, rocks, staircases, graves, coins, or mirrors? Are you a Star Trek fan who wonders how all those romance time travelers affect the space-time continuum? If the average time travel romance leaves you unsatisfied, To Say Nothing of the Dog is the book for you. ![]()
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