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''The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack'' is the first novel in the ''Burton & Swinburne'' trilogy by award-winning steampunk author, Mark Hodder, winner of the 2010 Phillip K. Dick Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=February 25, 2012 )〕 The series follows the adventures of two Victorian-era protagonists based on two noted historical figures, Richard Francis Burton and Algernon Charles Swinburne in mid-late 19th Century London. The series is framed as an alternate history, and takes place in actual locations such as the Cannibal Club and London's East End, involving many notable personalities of the era, such as Florence Nightingale, Charles Darwin, and explorer John Hanning Speke. It includes actual historical events, namely the Spring-heeled Jack case, the assassination attempt on Queen Victoria in 1840,〔(pp. 421–422; St Aubyn, pp. 160–161 ).〕 the search for the source of the Nile and the development of Darwin's theory of Evolution. == Characters == ;Richard Francis Burton:Celebrated adventurer, linguist, orientalist, swordsman, and former Captain in the Royal African Corps. While he and Speke were the first Europeans to view the African Great Lakes, they quarreled over which one was the source of the Nile. Although Burton had headed the expedition, Speke returned to London first and presented his conclusions, which were accepted. Burton was cast into a secondary role and his career as an explorer was tarnished. ;Algernon Charles Swinburne:A celebrated poet and novelist closely associated with the libertine movement of the 19th Century. ;Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford:Popularly known as the 'Mad Marquess', Henry de la Poer Beresford was a notorious rake of the era, and the central suspect in the Spring-Heeled Jack attacks. ;Edward Oxford:Would-be assassin of Queen Victoria in 1840. Tried for high treason at the Old Bailey and acquitted due to insanity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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