Will, a young violinist, tells how he was turned out of home, fell in with the debtors and musicians of eighteenth-century Southwark, and ended in the King’s Bench prison, writing songs for the Dog and Duck. Jenny, a girl who once sold oranges and now treads the stage, stays loyal to him as schemes and misfortunes gather around them both.
A colourful Georgian London romance by a novelist who knew the city’s history as well as anyone. Download the free EPUB.