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Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

Author: Victoria Shepherd  

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside
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Treasure makes respectable people do dishonourable things…

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Treasure makes respectable people do dishonourable things…

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A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers – the underbelly of the trade in antiques and jewels.


June 1912. A heavy ball of clay is deposited in an antique shop in South London. It looks distinctly out of place, surrounded by Ancient Egyptian bowls, Japanese swords and Roman coins. This is the collection of George Fabian Lawrence – or ‘Stony Jack’.


As Lawrence begins to pick through the mud, specks of gold glimmer – a pearl earring tumbles into his hand, then another. Then a Burmese ruby; Colombian emeralds; lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite. Stony Jack has discovered a great lost treasure of Elizabethan jewellery.


Diving into London’s bustling, sometimes lawless, antiques trade at the turn of the century, Victoria Shepherd provides a compelling portrait of the city at the height of empire. A thrilling portrait of an era, Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside oversees the transformation of London into a modern metropolis.

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Critic Reviews

'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.' —Lucy Worsley

'A spellbinding dive into the murky world of London's antiquities. Totally captivating.' —Lara Maiklem, author of Mudlarking


'In this tantalizing account, BBC documentary producer Shepherd (A History of Delusions) revisits the mystery of the Cheapside Hoard, the largest collection of Tudor and Stuart treasures ever uncovered... Shepherd meticulously examines the Hoard’s possible origins and its murky fate... museum officials as well as royals, who may have surreptitiously acquired some of the Hoard for themselves. Full of fascinating asides, including a tangent on the similar fate of artifacts later recovered from Tutankhamun’s Tomb, this rivets.' —Publishers Weekly

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About the Author

Victoria Shepherd conceived and produced the ten-part series A History of Delusions for BBC Radio 4 and is author of the book of the same name She has produced scores of documentaries and major strands for BBC Radio 4 and holds an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Published
5th June 2025
Pages
400
ISBN
9780861548880

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