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How doomed Arctic explorer inspired sci-fi romantic thriller novel

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Book Club has been reading Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time, a tale of a young woman who must help a naval officer snatched from death in 1847 adapt to the 21st century. This week, our culture editor Alison Flood caught up with Bradley to delve into the inspiration and process behind her time-travelling, romantic thriller. From the humour and technicalities of time travel to the social commentary likening time travellers to refugees in the UK today, Bradley gives an amazing insight into her best-selling novel.

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