Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two remarkable stories, which takes us on a guided tour from the treacle wells of Victorian Oxford through an astonishing world of politics, philosophy, humour - and nightmare.

A richly illustrated look at "Alice In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking Glass", tracing the sources of the books' multi-layered in-jokes and political, literary and philosophical satire.