![]() In this world, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and was invaded by France, and the British Royal Family were guillotined. Grandville is set in a steampunk world, featuring steam powered motor vehicles, air transport, robots (known as "Automatons") and televisions. Set in a world in which France won the Napoleonic Wars and invaded Britain, and in which the world is populated mostly by anthropomorphic animals, the plot of the first book, entitled Grandville, follows a British anthropomorphic badger, Detective Inspector Archie LeBrock of Scotland Yard, investigating a murder which leads him to visit Paris in order to solve the crime, which itself leads him to uncover a political conspiracy. ![]() A sequel, Grandville Mon Amour, is currently in production and due to be published some time in 2010, with another possible three books to be made if the first two are received well. Published on 15 October 2009, it is a mixture of the " steampunk", "alternative history", and "thriller" genres. ![]() Grandville is a British graphic novel written and drawn by Bryan Talbot. ![]()
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