by Mary Hooper
Clink Prison in Clink Street was the most notorious of Southwark’s seven prisons and the origin of the expression ‘in the clink’. Governors of prisons received money from prisoners for food, lodging and privileges, and this became a source of great abuse.
Fleet Prison Secret, hurried marriages could be performed in the chapel of Fleet Prison without licence, some by clergymen imprisoned in the Fleet for debt, some by tricksters impersonating the clergy. The practice spread to nearby taverns and houses and these would declare their purpose by showing a painted sign depicting a male and female hand clasped together.
Drury Lane A fashionable and wealthy area in the seventeenth century, by the eighteenth it had become a notoriously rowdy place, famous for its brawls and drunkenness. There were several theatres in the locality, and it still remains London’s ‘Theatreland’.
Whitehall Palace The chief London residence of King Charles and his court, this huge building ran the length of Whitehall and contained, as Nell tells Eliza, some two thousand rooms. Lavish accommodation was provided for two of the king’s mistresses here, while his wife had a far simpler apartment overlooking the river.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Epilogue
Cast of Characters
Places Featured
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