Heroes of Postman's Park: Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Victorian London

by John Price and John Price

The Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park, London, is a Victorian monument containing 54 ceramic plaques commemorating 62 individuals, each of whom lost their own life while attempting to save another. Every plaque tells a tragic and moving story, but the short narratives do little more than whet the appetite and stimulate the imagination about the lives and deaths of these brave characters. Based upon extensive historical research,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750956437
• ISBN13: 9780750956437
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"