The Fire Court: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London. Andrew Taylor

       THE PEOPLE

       Infirmary Close, The Savoy

      James Marwood, clerk to Joseph Williamson, and to the Board of Red Cloth

      Nathaniel Marwood, his father, widowed husband of Rachel; formerly a printer

      Margaret and Sam Witherdine, their servants

       The Drawing Office, Henrietta Street

      Simon Hakesby, surveyor and architect

      ‘Jane Hakesby’, his maid, formerly known as Catherine Lovett

      Brennan, his draughtsman

       Clifford’s Inn and the Fire Court

      Lucius Gromwell, antiquary

      Theophilus Chelling, clerk to the Fire Court

      Sir Thomas Twisden, a judge at the Fire Court

      Miriam, a servant at Clifford’s Inn

       Pall Mall

      Sir Philip Limbury

      Jemima, Lady Limbury, daughter of Sir George Syre

      Mary, her maid

      Richard, Sir Philip’s manservant; also known as Sourface

      Hester, a maid

       Whitehall

      Joseph Williamson, Under-Secretary of State to Lord Arlington

      William Chiffinch, Keeper of the King’s Private Closet

       Others

      Roger Poulton, retired cloth merchant; late of Dragon Yard

      Elizabeth Lee, his housekeeper

      Celia Hampney, his widowed niece

      Tabitha, Mistress Hampney’s maid

      Mistress Grove, of Lincoln’s Inn Fields; who lets lodgings to Mistress Hampney

      Barty, a crossing-sweeper in Fleet Street, by Temple Bar