When Does "Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem" (1994) Take Place?
"Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem" (released to American audiences as "The Trial of Elizabeth Cree") is a historical fiction crime novel written by Peter Ackroyd that released MONTH DAY, 1994. So when is "Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the real-world German economist Karl Marx appears as a character and he was born on May 5th, 1818 AD and passed on March 14th, 1883 AD so it must be after May of 1818 AD and during or before March of 1883 AD.
1,860 + 20 = 1,880.
It takes place in the year:
188? AD
We know this because the real-world German economist Karl Marx appears as a character and he was born on May 5th, 1818 AD and passed on March 14th, 1883 AD so it must be after May of 1818 AD and during or before March of 1883 AD.
More specifically, the real-world British comedic actor George Wild Galvin a.k.a. Dan Leno appears as an adult character and he was born on December 20th, 1860 AD and passed on October 31st, 1904 AD. So it must be around or after 1880 AD.
It was adapted to film as "The Limehouse Golem" in 2017 and as a stage-musical titled "Elizabeth Cree" in 2017.
