The Ministry of Time

<p><b>There are several ways to tell a story.</b><br><br>A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets the end. England is forever; England must fall.<br><br>A civil servant starts working as a ''bridge'' - a liaison, helpmeet and housemate - in an experimental project that brings expatriates from the past into the twenty-first century. <i>This is a science-fiction story.</i><br><br>In a London safehouse in the 2020s, a disorientated Victorian polar explorer chain smokes while listening to Spotify and learning about political correctness. <i>This is a comedy.</i><br><br>During a long, sultry summer - as the shadows around them grow long and dangerous - two people fall in love, against all odds. <i>This is a romance.</i><br><br><i>The Ministry of Time</i> is a novel about Commander Graham Gore (R.N. c.1809-c.1847) and a woman known only as the bridge. As their relationship turns from the strictly professional into something more and uneasy