Revelations:
While researching my recent book, I was impressed – and sometimes amazed – at the hardships people took for granted in the late 1800s. Admittedly, in another 100 years from now, people will likely look back on our lives and consider them the dark ages, as they live in Virtual Reality, with the heady possibility of transport as per Star Trek. But in 1888, they seem to have thought nothing of embarking on a forty-three day ocean voyage, with unknown destinations ahead.
