Jonathan Cape fiction by James Joyce and T. E. Lawrence. After Cape's death, the firm later merged successively with three other London publishing houses. In 1987 it was taken over by Random House. Its name continues as one of Random House's British imprints. Herbert Jonathan Cape was born in London on 15 November 1879, the youngest of the seven children of Jonathan Cape, a clerk from Ireby in what is now Cumbria, and his wife Caroline, "née" Page. He received a basic schooling and in his early teens he was taken on by Hatchards bookshop in Piccadilly as an errand-boy. Four years
Hamilton Place, London Hamilton Place, London Hamilton Place, City of Westminster is a side street off Piccadilly close to Hyde Park Corner, London. Hamilton Place is a short street (about long) and the first street east of Park Lane. It is one of the most prestigious streets in London with three five star hotels: the London Intercontinental Hotel at no. 1, the London Hilton at no. 22. and the Four Seasons at Hamilton Place. Its name derived from the Hamilton family who had a residence there. During the Interregnum, buildings were erected for the first time between Hyde Park Corner and what is