Halfway up Commercial Street and one block away from Spitalfields Market is a 400ft strip of tarmac that used to be known as Dorset Street, or, the worst street in London. Despite its promising beginnings at the centre of the 17th century silk weaving industry, it soon descended into iniquity, the stomping ground of Protestant fire-brands, con-men, pimps, prostitutes and murderers, including one Jack the Ripper. Well-researched and illustrated throughout, with line-drawings, maps, prints and photos.