Victorian Tales Books in Order

In 1838, Patrick and Grace Leary sail aboard the Sirius as it races the Great Western across the Atlantic. Their cousin Ben is on the rival ship, while fire, injury, and dwindling coal threaten the crossing.

Young railway worker Tommy sees a crowded train heading toward track removed for repairs. Charles Dickens is among the passengers, and Tommy must try to prevent disaster in this story based on the Victorian crash at Staplehurst.

In Paris in 1852, Henri Giffard prepares to demonstrate his steam-powered airship before a crowd. His landlord demands unpaid rent, and changing weather threatens a flight on which Henri's money and hopes of success depend.

Jenny once dreamed of underground trains with the young Queen Victoria. Twenty years later, building the railway destroys her family's home, and another meeting with the Queen gives her a chance to reveal the cost of that dream.