Leicester Square is a major public plaza in central London’s West End entertainment district.
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Leicester Square Term Timeline in The Man Who Was Thursday
The timeline below shows where the term Leicester Square appears in The Man Who Was Thursday. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5: The Feast of Fear
...tells Syme that they will go to meet Sunday for breakfast on a balcony overlooking Leicester Square . Sunday has decided that the safest place to meet is completely in the open,...
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Leicester Square looks like an exotic foreign plaza. Gabriel Syme notices a group of extravagantly-dressed men chatting...
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Chapter 7: The Unaccountable Conduct of Professor de Worms
Syme walks through Leicester Square and it starts to snow. He sees a wax doll in a barbershop window, then...
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Chapter 13: The Pursuit of the President
...their next council meeting is tomorrow. After a pleasant journey, they spend the night near Leicester Square . On his evening walk, Dr. Bull runs into Gogol. The group explains that they’re...
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In the morning, the six policemen meet Sunday on the same balcony overlooking Leicester Square . Sunday greets them jovially and asks if they killed the Czar. The Secretary demands...
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Chapter 14: The Six Philosophers
...him with “the universe itself.” Syme remembers seeing Sunday’s back for the first time in Leicester Square —he looked like a beast pretending to be a man. But when he came onto...
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