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A fascinating insight into how the introduction of the railway affected the Victorian imagination.

This fascinating book entails the riveting story of a baker's son from Maidstone who sets out on a perilous voyage on the sea. On his travels he encounters both fortune and hardship, finding himself taken by destiny to an uninhabited island. His struggle for survival and his love for a fair lady guide him through his remarkable journey.

The letters in this book present the reader with a fascinating account of the Crimean War as experienced by Roger Fenton. He was the first official war photographer in the world. The Crimean War 1853-1856 was a conflict in the middle of the nineteenth century between Russia on the one side and France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia on the other. It was the war which made Florence Nightingale famous and it is also known for the Charge of the Light Brigade.