Here are portraits of three very different Victorian women, all of whom married men of exceptional talent, energy and genius.

But then one day, the brave and practical young Herbert Kettle has the most extraordinary idea . . . 'There is nothing 'twee' about this epiphany in verse and arresting artwork. This book deserves to be pored over and studied.

The book reminds the readers that the Africans of old kept their pride and still enjoyed their own lives.

Yet, as Smithsonian curator Teasel Muir-Harmony argues in Operation Moonglow, its primary purpose wasn't advancing science. Rather, it was part of a political strategy to build a global coalition.