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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... forming two land masses : Laurasia in the north , composed of modern - day North America , Europe and Asia , and Gondwanaland , formed from Antarctica , South America , Africa , Australasia and India , in the south . This new configura ...
... formed forests that largely re- placed those of cycads and ginkgoes . Meet the Neighbors Like birds today , pterosaurs were widespread and lived as members of many different communities , not only in mountains , for- ests or on the ...
... formed that most useful of items , an in - built corset , which was embedded in the body wall and helped to support it . Overall , then , the body was completely enclosed in a rib cage that consist- ed of a series of bony rings ...