This discussion of the radicalism of Clerkenwell traffics through the Anabaptists. An excellent description of the Anabaptists, particularly in relation to the Bolsheviks, whose scion, Lenin, published a magazine from Clerkenwell, can be found in [The House of Government](https://papertrail.biblish.com/books/b9fa8215-c71e-4151-8912-4e2125b24384).

The author’s wealth of references and the ease with which he integrates them into his narrative are impressive. They call to mind Picketty’s use of literary references in _Capital in the 21st Century_, although Ackroyd’s are considerably more florid.