The second was Joseph Williamson, Undersecretary to Lord Arlington, Secretary of State for the South and one of the King’s most powerful ministers. Chiffinch called upon Marwood to investigate dicey matters that happened in London and in which the king was taking an interest. Chiffinch was the closest of all King Charles II’s advisors and his influence at court was said to have been incalculable. One was William Chiffinch, Keeper of the King’s Private Closet. James Marwood, the fictional protagonist, worked in the service of two masters. Who was responsible for the rebuilding costs: the landlords or tenants? Who would be awarded contracts to rebuild, and on what basis? The Fire Court was given exceptional powers to settle all such disputes, and because of this, the possibilities for bribery and corruption were manifold. In this book we learn about the Fire Court, which was created by the British Parliament to resolve disputes arising from the 1666 Great Fire of London. This second novel takes place eight months after the first, in 1667. The first book began in September 1666, during London’s Great Fire. This is the second installment of a historical crime fiction series set in 1660s London.
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