"Great Britain" . . . . "FICTION / Science Fiction / General." . . "Science fiction." . . "Earth" . . "Russia" . . . . "Alternative histories (Fiction)" . "Alternative histories (Fiction)"@en . "The Peshawar lancers"@en . "The Peshawar lancers" . . . . . . . . . "1878, une pluie de comètes s'est abattue sur l'hémisphère nord de la Terre, soulevant des raz de marée. La noblesse, la bourgeoisie et les scientifiques anglais émigrent vers les territoires épargnés. 2025, leurs descendants ont retrouvé le chemin de la civilisation. Mais en Russie, un régime de terreur règne. Le sort de l'Empire britannique repose sur des jumeaux, Athelstane et Cassandra." . . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . "Electronic books"@en . "On an alternate Earth irrevocably transformed by a violent spray of comets in the 1870s, the planet is controlled by two superpowers--the British Empire and Russia--who appear to be heading for a deadly showdown." . "The Peshawar Lancers" . "The Peshawar Lancers"@en . . . . . . "Spy stories" . "Spy stories"@en . . "The peshawar lancers"@en . . . "In the mid-1870s, a violent spray of comets hits Earth, decimating cities, erasing shorelines, and changing the world's climate forever. And just as Earth's temperature dropped, so was civilization frozen in time. Instead of advancing technologically, humanity had to piece itself back together'. In the twenty-first century, boats still run on steam, messages arrive by telegraph, and the British Empire, with its capital now in Delhi, controls much of the world. The other major world leader is the Czar of All the Russias. Everyone predicts an eventual, deadly showdown. But no one can predict the role that one man, Captain Athelstane King, reluctant spy and hero, will play'."@en . . . "England still rules most of the known world and Czar of All the Russia is the enemy."@en . "Les lanciers de Peshawar" .