More research for The Devil You Know

About midway through the book, Felix goes to Bunhill Fields to clear his mind as he says it's a cemetery for dissenters that hasn't been used in a long time so it's free of ghosts. This is a real place. It was a burial place for anyone outside of the Church of England and includes some famous graves like William Blake, John Bunyan and George Fox-a  founder of the Quakers.

Speaking of Fox, here is a nice quote from him:

"The Papists they cry, Conform.
And the Turk, he cries, Conform.
And did not the heathen Emperors cry, Conform?
And the Presbyterian, he cried, Conform.
And the Independents...
So everyone that gets the uppermost, and gets the staff of authority, commands...
But no law of Jesus requires it, who said, 'Freely you have received, freely give.'"

The word "Bunhill" incidentally derives from "Bone Hill." And it hasn't been used as a cemetery since 1855. There is also a large Quaker cemetery nearby. 

He also mentions John Owen and Isaac Watts are buried there, like the reader should know who they are.   Anyways, looked them up. John Owen was a 17th century theologian. He wrote a lot. He doesn't seem very exciting from a historical perspective. His contemporaries probably had the same reaction.

Isaac Watts was just a kid when John Owen died. He was a prolific hymn writer and wrote some books on logic. 

Carey refers to them as "the reservoir dogs of 18th century theology" (although Owen was 17th century.) I love the Tarantino flick. I don't get the joke.  Damn British humor.