History Literature / TheWitchWatch

* NamesToRunAwayFrom: Lord Mordaunt

* MundaneObjectAmazement: Simon and electric lights.

TheWitchWatch is an AlternateHistory novel by ShamusYoung, set in Victorian-era London. The Witch Watch, more formally known as the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs investigates and hunts down sorcerers and magicians. There methods are less... fervent than those of the Church[[hottip:*: and less fiery]] but have the advantage of actually taking evidence into account[[hottip:*:instead of burning it]] and lead them to the discovery of an attempted revivification by the wealthy and influential noblemen known behind their backs as the Four Horsemen. However, instead of resurrecting Lord Oswald Mordaunt, Viscount of Ravenholm, they ended up raising Gilbert.

-> For centuries the dark arts have been wholly mysterious to those that do not practice them. We have mostly the church to thank for this. Their habit of burning books along with their owners has kept us in perpetual ignorance. It wasn't until this ministry was founded that we even began to study what we were fighting.

* RitualMagic: It seems that most of sorcery involves drawing the correct magic circles evenly and correctly. Wizardry on the other hand is an innate ability.

* Necromancy: An important part of a book where the protagonist is raised from the dead.

* OrphanageOfFear: Taking in orphans and using them as an underfed energy source for dark magic is taking it a little far even for Victorian England.

* OrphanageofFear: Taking in orphans and using them as an underfed energy source for dark magic is taking it a little far even for Victorian England.

* Orphanage of Fear: Taking in orphans and using them as an underfed energy source for dark magic is taking it a little far even for Victorian England.

* AnimateDead: A normal use of revivification, which when not done right can bring people back feral. Particularly horrible when used on dogs. And [[spoiler: Lord Mordaunt uses this to create an army for himself]]
* BlackCloak: The Four Horsemen. As Gilbert points out 'Why don't cults ever wear yellow robes? It would catch people off guard'
** Which is slightly ironic, as he ends up disguising himself in a black cloak for a large part of the book

* AnimateDead: A normal use of revivification, which when not done right can bring people back feral. Particularly horrible when used on dogs. And [[spoiler Lord Mordaunt uses this to create an army for himself]]

TheWitchWatch is an AlternateHistory novel by ShamusYoung, set in Victorian-era London. The Witch Watch, more formally known as the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs investigates and hunts down sorcerers and magicians. There methods are less... fervent than those of the Church[[hottip:*: and less fiery]] but have the advantage of actually taking evidence into account[[hottip:*:instead of burning it]] and lead them to the discovery of an attempted resurrection by the wealthy and influential noblemen known behind their backs as the Four Horsemen. However, instead of resurrecting Lord Oswald Mordaunt, Viscount of Ravenholm, they ended up raising Gilbert.

TheWitchWatch by ShamusYoung is an AlternateHistoryNovel set in Victorian-era London. The Witch Watch, more formally known as the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs investigates and hunts down sorcerers and magicians. There methods are less... fervent than those of the Church[[hottip:*: and less fiery]] but have the advantage of actually taking evidence into account[[hottip:*:instead of burning it]] and lead them to the discovery of an attempted resurrection by the wealthy and influential noblemen known behind their backs as the Four Horsemen. However, instead of resurrecting Lord Oswald Mordaunt, Viscount of Ravenholm, they ended up raising Gilbert.

TheWitchWatch by ShamusYoung is an AlternateHistory set in Victorian-era London. The Witch Watch, more formally known as the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs investigates and hunts down sorcerers and magicians. There methods are less... fervent than those of the Church[[hottip:*: and less fiery]] but have the advantage of actually taking evidence into account[[hottip:*:instead of burning it]] and lead them to the discovery of an attempted resurrection by the wealthy and influential noblemen known behind their backs as the Four Horsemen. However, instead of resurrecting Lord Oswald Mordaunt, Viscount of Ravenholm, they ended up raising Gilbert.

What do you say when you bring someone back to life, only to realise they're the wrong person?

TheWitchWatch by ShamusYoung, set in Victorian-era Lond, tries to answer this question. The Witch Watch, more formally known as the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs investigates and hunts down sorcerers and magicians. There methods are less... fervent than those of the Church[[hottip:*: and less fiery]] but have the advantage of actually taking evidence into account[[hottip:*:instead of burning it]] and lead them to the discovery of an attempted resurrection by the wealthy and influential noblemen known behind their backs as the Four Horsemen. However, instead of resurrecting Lord Oswald Mordaunt, Viscount of Ravenholm, they ended up raising Gilbert.

Now Gilbert, Alice, a young lady with a head for invention and Simon, a boy with a gift for sourcery have to find out what's really going on.

TheWitchWatch by ShamusYoung tries to answer this question. TheWitchWatch, more formally known as the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs investigates and hunts down sorcerers and magicians. There methods are less... fervent than those of the Church[[hottip:*: and less fiery]] but have the advantage of actually taking evidence into account[[hottip:*:instead of burning it]] and lead them to the discovery of an attempted resurrection by the wealthy and influential noblemen known behind their backs as the Four Horsemen. However instead of resurrecting Lord Oswald Mordaunt, Viscount of Ravenholm they ended up raising Gilbert