He is chiefly remembered for his rigid austerity program as chancellor of the exchequer
readers of Defoe’s account of the Great Plague of London in 1665 may well have approached his imaginative retelling as an historical curiosity
for instance
with the sign on the frontispiece reading "100£" instead of "£100"
The Golem Agatha Christie He is chiefly remembered forMEYRINK, Gustav. The Golem. London: The Folio Society, 2010. Second printing thus, 2011. Translated by Mike Mitchell, introduced by Iain Sinclair, illustrated by Vladimir Zimakov. 228 150 31 mm. Pp. [iiv] vxvi, [12] 3237 [238]: [9] leaves of black and white plates (facing pp. 42, 70, 90, 108, 127, 150, 179, 208 and 227). Type: Figural with Tallys for display. Printed and bound by L. E. G. O. in three quarter black buckram with paper front board