Extract from the Houston Chronicle, Classifieds, August 25th 2329 AD.

....... "If you could go anywhere, or anywhen, in history, where and when would you go? Golgotha? Hastings? The Grassy Knoll? Nah! Get yourself to Pisa, Italy, 2169 AD during a particular hot day in June, 3:33pm GMT to be precise.....

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In the twenty fourth century life is dull, predictable and full of lawyers. When Henry and his wife take a time travelling holiday to Italy, it seems like the perfect getaway. I mean, who wants to go to Mars, or Saturn, or Ganymede these days? However, as the holiday progresses, one disaster follows another, until Henry is forced to take matters into his own hands, and call upon an old friend to help save the day.