MDDM Ch.21 the Octagon
JL
trailerman at cableinet.co.uk
Sun Dec 9 10:22:48 CST 2001
jbor:
>I'm assuming that this "Octagon Room" in the two novels is one and the same
>as the "Octagon Chapel", in which case its "sacred" space seems to have
>doubled for secular events as well.
>
er, well, now you mention it, the secular Octagon Room was in fact part
of the Assembly Rooms (the social hub of the city - a complex of concert
and dance venues expressly designed for promenading and such flirtatious
assignations). not the same place at all - sorry for the bum steer.
http://www.aboutbritain.com/BathAssemblyRooms.htm
JL
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