The Street Philosopher
By Unknown Author.
Description
Thomas Kitson, one-time metropolitan art critic, arrives at the battlefields of the Crimea as the London Courier's man on the ground. The last thing the commanding officers want is a newspaperman getting in the way, asking difficult questions. Then he is witness to an act of unbelievable treachery and betrayal and, as Sebastopol burns, Kitson flees to England, trying to escape the atrocities. He becomes a 'street philosopher' reporting on the Manchester scene for the society pages, but as Manchester prepares to welcome Queen Victoria the past catches up with Kitson and he fin...
ISBN(s)
0007272448, 9780007272440
