19th century · victorian era · london setting · aristocracy · class divide · historical fiction · industrial revolution · gaslight atmosphere · social hierarchy · foggy streets
Fog grips the cobblestones, a dense veil of coal-dust and concealed truths. Hackneys thunder past the glowing windows of great houses, their lamps throwing elongated specters into the mouth of every narrow court. In this city of stark division, where fortune and desolation are inseparably woven, London beats with a ruthless, hungry heart and with mysteries buried just beneath the grime.