Everything you need to understand or teach Bedford Square by Anne Perry.
Men and women in positions of trust in Victorian London took honor and personal reputation seriously. Any hint of dishonesty or cowardice would ruin that person's reputation and threaten his/her professional and social status. These were people of privilege, members of the aristocracy. The commoner valued his reputation no less.
His word was his bond. Thomas Pitt and Charlotte understand the code of honor and all that it means to the blackmail...