The Witches of Chiswick

The Witches Of Chiswick is a novel by the British author Robert Rankin, the title parodying that of The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike. The start of "The Witches of Chiswick" trilogy, The Witches of Chiswick is a time travelling adventure story taking place primarily in the 19th and 23rd Centuries. In it, William Starling finds a painting from the 19th Century with the image of a digital watch hidden within it. When he reports these findings to his superiors, William is told the painting is to be destroyed. After saving the painting, he is confronted by his best friend Tim, who in turn tells him the truth about a cabal of witches controlling their world.In an effort to find the truth, William takes a psychotropic drug with a rather interesting effect: the ability to tap into ones' ancestral memories. After learning of events occurring in the 19th century, William and Tim are attacked by a Babbage robot sent from the past, and William escapes to the past via the robot's time machine.... v angličtine, tvrdá väzba, obal, 357 strán