Author’s Note
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Author’s NoteThe background of Brighton and the descriptions of night haunts in London are all correct. The Prince Regent’s friends, the eccentrics and the Steine are all from reports written at the time.
Highwaymen, like smugglers, abounded round the places visited by the rich and fashionable Society, which centred round the Prince Regent.
The public whipping of women and girls was discontinued in 1817, but continued in private until 1820.
Galatea, which is Greek and means Ivory, is pronounced ‘galayshia’.
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