In Fiction
The Difference Engine, a steampunk novel by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, presents Oliphant as an agent of British intelligence operating in London.
The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack, a steampunk novel by Mark Hodder, presents Oliphant as a mysterious meddler and agent inimical to the book's protagonist, Sir Richard Francis Burton.
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