The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys

Author:Helen Humphreys [Humphreys, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical Fiction, Short story collection
ISBN: 9781551994819
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2008-10-06T14:00:00+00:00

1684

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An entire village has been built upon the ice. Booths have been made from blankets and the oars of the watermen. The main thoroughfare between the booths has been named Freezland Street. There are coffee houses and taverns, booths that sell slabs of roast beef. An ox has been roasted whole, and a printing press has been set up so that one can have one’s name printed in this place where men so oft were drowned. The Frost Fair is visited by a royal party that includes King Charles II (in what will be the last week of his life). They have their names engraved on a card – Printed by G. Groom, on the ICE, on the River Thames, January 31, 1684.

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