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1920s: London and Fleet Street are at the heart of Poppy Denby’s adventures!
The Jazz Files (Poppy Denby 1)
What you need to know before your trail
The Jazz Files introduces aspiring journalist Poppy Denby, who arrives in London to look after her ailing Aunt Dot, an infamous suffragette. Dot encourages Poppy to apply for a job at The Daily Globe, but on her first day a senior reporter is killed and Poppy is tasked with finishing his story. It involves the mysterious death of a suffragette seven years earlier, about which some powerful people would prefer that nothing be said…
Through her friend Delilah Marconi, Poppy is introduced to the giddy world of London in the Roaring Twenties, with its flappers, jazz clubs, and romance. Will she make it as an investigative journalist, in this fast-paced new city? And will she be able to unearth the truth before more people die?
Locations
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London with Poppy
Poppy Denby works at the Daily Globe in 1920s London and so a great deal of her work and indeed the setting of this book takes place in and around Fleet Street.
There’s quite a history surrounding Fleet Street
Fleet Street was once considered the most important location for journalism in the world. All of the national papers used to have their homes here and the alleyways around the street were bustling with workers, journalists and printers wanting to be the first on the next big story. There were many smoky bars (some of which still exist) for the after hours chats…
Sadly the newspapers began to leave the street in the 1980s but take this book back here and it will come alive…
Kings Road is the other main location
This street and the streets leading from it are the homes of the major characters in the story as well as being the location of the famous Oscar’s jazz clubs. Now, Soho is the home of London Jazz such as Ronnie Scott’s.
King’s Road is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, and it’s most associated with 1960s style, and fashion figures such as Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood.
It’s not just significant for fashion however – Sir Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirt movement had a barracks on the street in the 1930s.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Jazz Files (Poppy Denby 1)
Destination : London Author/Guide: Fiona Veitch Smith Departure Time: 1920s
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