This
had been the seat of sovereignty, and it cropped up throughout the city’s
history if you knew where to look. Jack
Cade touched his sword to the London Stone when claiming grievances against the
king: that was what gained him the right to speak, he said, and others
believed. Did he wonder why it had
turned on him, afterward? Perhaps after
the change in his fortunes, his head had looked down from the pike on the
bridge, seen his quartered body parts taken for national gloating, and wryly
thought, So, London Stone, to be honest
I’m getting mixed messages here. . . Should I in fact maybe not
lead the rebels?
(from Kraken by China Miéville)
9*/10. The complete review is here.
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