Mr Horniman's Walrus: Legacies of a Remarkable Victorian Family

‘This has everything I love in a book; drama, intrigue and a giant, stuffed mammal.’ Sue Perkins

Mr Horniman’s Walrus tells the story of the rise and fall of three generations of a remarkable and dysfunctional Victorian family – the Hornimans – exploring the lives and loves behind their extraordinary and varied legacies.

Family patriarch John Horniman established the tea company that bore his name in 1826, which went on to become one of the best-known brands of nineteenth-century Britain. His...