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A time travel romance,a spy thrillerand an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Timethe exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley In the near futurea civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and isshortly afterwardtold what project sheΓÇÖll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering ΓÇ£expatsΓÇ¥ from across history to establish whether time travel is feasibleΓÇöfor the bodybut also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a ΓÇ£bridgeΓÇ¥: living withassistingand monitoring the expat known as ΓÇ£1847ΓÇ¥ or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concernedCommander Gore died on Sir John FranklinΓÇÖs doomed 1845 expedition to the Arcticso heΓÇÖs a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calvessurrounded by outlandish concepts such as ΓÇ£washing machinesΓÇ¥ ΓÇ£SpotifyΓÇ¥ and ΓÇ£the collapse of the British Empire.ΓÇ¥ But with an appetite for discoverya seven-a-day cigarette habitand the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expatshe soon adjusts. Over the next yearwhat the bridge initially thought would beat besta horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamicevolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the MinistryΓÇÖs project comes to lightthe bridge has fallen haphazardlyfervently in lovewith consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them togetherthe bridge must finally reckon with howΓÇöand whether she believesΓÇöwhat she does next can change the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideasThe Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy historywhen history is living in your house? Kaliane BradleyΓÇÖs answer is a blazingunforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.
