The Ministry of Time

Combining romance, historical fiction, thriller elements and a lot of humour makes _The Ministry of Time_ so much more than a classic science fiction story. Several people are plucked from the past in an experiment to see if it works and how they assimilate to present-day England. The story of their experienc-es looks at how refugees are expected to adapt to their host country and time. The central characters are Graham Gore, a real-life character from history who died in 1850 on a failed Arctic expedition (which we also learn all about), and an unnamed civil servant who is tasked with helping him to adapt. They fall in love, have divided loyalties, misunderstand each other due to cultural differ-ences, and have a series of adventures as they are pursued by agents from the future. Near to the end, we discover that the time travel has caused a surpris-ing plot twist, so that some elements of the story are not what they seem.