Burton & Swinburne

A wildly imaginative alternate history set in motion by the assassination of Queen Victoria where Sir Richard Francis Burton and Algernon Swinburne serve as the Holmes and Watson in a series of madcap and macabre mysteries.

Burton & Swinburne consists of six books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Related series Burton & Swinburne Companion

Updated 01/06/2023

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Burton & Swinburne in The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne #1)

★ 8.00 / 1

Burton & Swinburne in The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man (Burton & Swinburne #2)

★ 8.00 / 1

Burton & Swinburne in Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (Burton & Swinburne #3)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi (Burton & Swinburne #4)

★ 8.00 / 1

The Return of the Discontinued Man (Burton & Swinburne #5)

★ 7.00 / 1

The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats (Burton & Swinburne #6)

★ 8.00 / 1

Speculative Fiction Books

Burton & Swinburne in The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne #1 / 6)

2010 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

Burton & Swinburne in The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man (Burton & Swinburne #2 / 6)

2011 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

Burton & Swinburne in Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (Burton & Swinburne #3 / 6)

2011 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi (Burton & Swinburne #4 / 6)

2013 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

The Return of the Discontinued Man (Burton & Swinburne #5 / 6)

2014 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk

The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats (Burton & Swinburne #6 / 6)

2015 | science fiction, alternate history, steampunk