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In a week in which #therailwaychildren returned to British screens, I wonder how many people are aware that the author of one of the great children's novels, was what in 21st century eyes, would be described as an 'apologist for terrorism?'
If you don't, then bear with me...
If you don't, then bear with me...
You may remember the ‘Russian gentleman’ who the Waterbury family take in, in Nesbitt's novel, who was sent to Siberia for writing a ‘beautiful book about poor people and how to help them.’
The inspiration for that character was the Russian anarchist revolutionary Sergei Kravchinsky (1851-1895) alias ‘Stepniak’ – son of the Steppes.
