It could lift a 155mm howitzer, or a van-like “people pod” taking 45 troops and was also capable of being fitted out as a command post or an emergency operating room.

The novel's ultravirtuous and lachrymose hero, Harley, is as excessive in his uncontrollable benevolence as the Gothic protagonist is extreme in his passionate evil.

who trussing me as eagle doth his prey

The town flourished with the coming of the railway.