The book "Life and travel to India. Memories of a journey in the days before the advent of railways" by Anna Harriet Leonowens is a fascinating journey of the times of former India, which reveals to the reader the world of colorful rituals, culture and natural beauty of this country. The heroine's authentic memories allow her to travel back to a time when railways had not yet reached all corners of the world, and it was worth traveling from one city to another on elephants or camels. The reader has the opportunity to feel and imagine all the grandeur and mysticism of ancient India, which is so distant, but so attractive.