Pterosaurs: From Deep TimeAn epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller's Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men her family consider suitable, she yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she choses. But hidden in the attic of popular author - and noted scientific speculator - H.G. Wells is a machine that will change everything. As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem - to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need... |
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... Jehol Group , long exploited by local farmers for stone and originally formed from sediments that accumulated in large freshwater lakes , have recently achieved worldwide fame by yielding huge numbers of exquisitely preserved remains of ...
... Jehol Group , a sequence of Lower Cretaceous lake sediments that we first encountered in Chapter 3. Evidently , the exceptional conditions in these lakes that led to the preservation of such soft tissues as the skin and feathers of ...
... Jehol Biota . See also Chapter 2 , note 15 . According to the latest assessments of Chinese paleontologists , more than 100 pterosaur fossils have been recovered from the Jehol Group . 20. Steve Etches , a plumber by trade , is one of ...