Thomas De Quincey blue plaque

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# 36 Tavistock Street At this very address in Covent Garden, Thomas De Quincey found refuge and purpose during the prolific years of his life, transforming a modest townhouse into the birthplace of one of English literature's most extraordinary confessional works. It was within these walls that he ...

Location

36 Tavistock Street, Westminster, WC2

Inscription

Thomas de Quincy 1785-1859 wrote 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater' in this house