At the dawn of the electrical age in America, with the nation teetering on the brink of war, an unlikely but powerful romance is set in motion.
While designing a revolutionary water turbine, penniless immigrant Toma Pekocevic meets and falls in love with aristocratic Harriet Bigelow.Yet circumstances are against them and while Toma's professional success grows, he loses Harriet to a wealthy politician.
It is a loss that sets the stage for a confrontation that could change not only Toma's life but the course of scientific progress as the twentieth century gathers momentum into a time of extraordinary change. Nothing will ever be the same again.
'A subtle and moving novel, an old-fashioned narrative that addresses modern questions of ethnicity and belonging' Los Angeles Times
'Breathtaking... An ambitious, wonderful book ... It draws us in and allows us to live briefly, magically, marvellously in the world as it once was' Chicago Tribune
' A panoramic feast of a novel ... A marvellous story' Philadelphia Inquirer
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