Book “The Uncommon Herd”  is his own story of William Presslie, written in 1856, a story of a poor herd boy’s journey from the croft to a professional qualification.

It is a kaleidoscope of school and farms and above all, of people and their personalities. some are good, some bad, some kind, some considerably less so, bu all have their part to play in William’s progression The new world of possibilities previously unthinkable open fro him, including a hand up from one of her Majesty’s Queen Victoria Ministers.

Hope you will enjoy this refreshing  reading about Victorian Era.

ISBN 978-1-908374-65-3