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Stony Jack and the lost jewels of Cheapside: treasure and ghosts in the London clay
Stony Jack and the lost jewels of Cheapside: treasure and ghosts in the London clay
Author
Shepherd, Victoria (Radio producer)
Publisher
Oneworld
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
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Prologue: the letter
The cellar
The jewels make an entrance
The Lawrence family guard the treasure
The jewels go out into the world
A pawnbroker's son
Insider trading and the Egyptian Book of the Dead
The hoard on show in the Glittering Gold room
The queen's private views
Who will protect a man these days?
The treasures go back underground
The show must go on
The question of identity and the original owner
The chance of escape
A reckoning
Making the catalogue
The auction of rings
The Bank of England
Stage and screen
What we leave behind
The postwar ghost
Looking for the St George opal ring
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Antiques
Antiques -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
History
Informational works
Lawrence, George Fabian
Lawrence, George Fabian, 1861-1939
London (England) -- History
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Social conditions
Treasure troves
Treasure troves -- England -- London
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ISBN
9780861548880
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