At number 30 the victim of a savage serial killer is found, and Inspector
Abberline wonders whether he'll ever find the murderer they're calling
Jack. At number 41 a man tries to hide his family in the shadows of a
ruined London; 1500 years later, a gangster plays out the same story. At
246 a mammoth dies, and long afterwards, a giant's thighbone is discovered.
Bangladeshis, Jews, Huguenots, brewers, soldiers, farmers and medieval
monks - men on the run and families determined to make a new home. Each has
come to Brick Lane. Each has left its ghosts.