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The story of nations is composed of millions of personal family histories and Seraphim Newman-Norton has used the life of his great-grandfather, Hugh John Newman (1850-1932) to retell the story of a nineteenth-century London family. Living within yards of Temple Bar in the Strand they experienced their own personal joys and tragedies against the comings and goings of the great, suffering personal tragedy like so many others during the Great War but sustained by deep faith and membership of the now defunct Catholic Apostolic Church. Profusely illustrated with old family photos and containing many anecdotes to paint a lively picture of Victorian family life this is one family’s unique history.