London and Wessex are important places that are including in this novel. London is very different than Wessex though; it has the city where there is a more diverse world. London is where Daniel is able to learn more about the jewish people and their religion.  In chapter nineteen we read, "of learned and accomplished Jews he took it for granted that they had dropped their religion, and wished to be merged in the people of their native lands. (ch.19)" Daniel then takes the time to learn more instead of being naiive about the world around him.

The central location of the war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.