- Thomas
- Gage
- is
- a
- happy
- man.
- He
- has
- a
- fine
- house
- in
- Norfolk,
- two
- delightful
- children,
- a
- wife
- who
- brought
- with
- her
- a
- nice
- income
- from
- her
- father's
- paint
- firm,
- a
- Waterloo
- medal,
- and
- a
- painting
- on
- show
- at
- the
- Royal
- Academy
- Summer
- Exhibition.
- Then,
- a
- few
- months
- after
- Thomas
- Gage's
- fiftieth
- birthday,
- Julius
- Gooby
- enters
- his
- life.Mr
- Gooby
- is
- a
- man
- of
- the
- future,
- manager
- of
- the
- proposed
- North
- Norfolk
- Railway
- from
- Norwich
- to
- Cromer,
- and
- the
- route
- of
- the
- railway
- crosses
- Gage's
- land.
- With
- the
- railway
- comes
- tragedy,
- and
- Thomas
- Gage's
- life
- begins
- to
- unravel
- until,
- at
- the
- end,
- medal
- on
- his
- chest,
- he
- travels
- to
- London
- to
- watch
- the
- Duke
- of
- Wellington's
- funeral
- and
- to
- take
- his
- revenge.With
- Thomas
- Gage
- James
- Fleming
- has
- fashioned
- another
- historical
- fiction
- of
- the
- very
- first
- rank,
- a
- portrait
- of
- a
- good
- man
- undone
- by
- grief,
- by
- others'
- greed
- and,
- ultimately,
- by progress.
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