Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Victorian London
by
Dr John Price
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
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...