Glenn Proven's Reviews > The Return of the Discontinued Man

Perhaps the best book in the series. I loved the first book but a bit dissatisfied by its ending. The next three, were with the characters I’d grown connected but those endings were even more unsatisfying. Finally an ending that seems like a real resolution.

I think I read the same biography on Burton as the author. And we both walked away with a strong admiration of the man. What a real life character. I knew nothing of Swinburne or Isambard Kingdom Brunel and minimal bits of Charles Babbage. I have gone on to strengthen my knowledge of many Victorian people that get a mention or more in this series. I’m glad Mark Hodder freely admits the liberties he has taken with their lives and gives a more traditional bio of most characters after each story.

I recommend anyone who wants to read this, read the previous four books first so when you start on page one you are quite comfortable in this alternate Victorian age and joining up with your old chums.