From the gaslit streets of 1890s London to the corridors of the Foreign Office, where empires are mapped in confidence and unmade by consequence.
The Long Fuse · Book I
An Empire of Days · The Long Fuse
Book I
Edward Ashton sees the war coming. It is 1890, and no one believes him. By the time they do, it will be too late. A sweeping literary historical saga of empire, duty, marriage, and the slow unraveling of everything.
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Eight Novels
Nigel Harrington — private inquiry agent, Bloomsbury lodger, sharp eye, sharper tongue. With his dry, devoted valet Sims at his side, he navigates the drawing rooms and alleyways of 1890s London, where nothing is as respectable as it appears.
Case Files & Evidence
Maps, suspect matrices, evidence walls, and forensic breakdowns from the investigations of Nigel Harrington. Classified materials — handle with discretion.
Additional case files will be declassified as investigations conclude.
A Note from the Writer
Arthur Pemberton writes historical fiction set in the age of empires, when the world was mapped in confidence and unmade by consequence. His work explores the men and women who saw the cracks forming — and the ones who didn't.
From the gaslit drawing rooms of Victorian London to the oak-paneled corridors of Whitehall, his stories inhabit a world of secrets, duty, and the quiet defiance of seeing what others refuse to see.