[Stalker]

I read two novels by Tim Powers - both excellent. He's got a brilliant sense of the style and writes on topics I, personally, find interesting.
His Anubis Gate deepens the reader into times of England of early 20s of 19th century. I would characterise the book as Cryptohistorical Fantasy. Byron and Ashbless are the central figures of the novel. Misterious Egyptian cult carrying out its magical rites in the heart of London, the thieves' society and variety people of all London's foul places are depicted with Dickens' mastery. It will certainly strike your imagination once you've read it!
On Stranger Tides is a good piece of Adventure Fantasy ill bring you to Caribbean pirates, and when I watched the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl I supposed that general motif of the movie was influenced by the above book by Tim Powers although its plot has nothing to do with the book one of whose central characters was Edward Teach known generally as Black Beard.