There's a book called In the Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn which is driven by a related premise. Essentially, a group in the early nineteenth century develops a "science of history" that allows them to predict the future (initially using Babbage's difference engine) and, of course, a secret society develops that begins engineering the future. Unfortunately, for me, the book falls into the category of Interesting Premise/Uninteresting Writing.
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There's a book called In the Country of the Blind by Michael Flynn which is driven by a related premise. Essentially, a group in the early nineteenth century develops a "science of history" that allows them to predict the future (initially using Babbage's difference engine) and, of course, a secret society develops that begins engineering the future. Unfortunately, for me, the book falls into the category of Interesting Premise/Uninteresting Writing.