The Great Fire Of London Of 1666

Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470450703

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Acclaim for The Great Fire of London "Popular narrative history at its best, well researched, imaginatively and dramatically written. . . . The author marshals his story and his mass of contemporary quotations with great skill." —Times Literary Supplement "The brilliance of its narrative chapters . . . a marvelous eye for evocative detail. Hanson’s prose is animated by the ferocious energy of the fire and seems to be guided by its inexorable movement. He creates the literary equivalent of the special effects in a disaster movie. . . . A rich mixture of imagination and research." —The Daily Telegraph (London) "He writes with knowledge and verve. As if making a television documentary on a natural disaster, he includes a gripping technical chapter on the mechanism and chemistry of combustion. This works brilliantly. . . . The book gains immeasurably from the author's eye for detail and from his understanding of the beliefs and prejudices of the day. . . . Informative and lively account." —The Sunday Times (London) "The best depiction of the Great Fire seen to date. . . . He manages to describe not only the atmosphere of the event itself, but also the experience of living in seventeenth-century Britain." —Soho Independent "A riveting book for those who like their history with a bit of mystery." —The Brisbane News "A rollicking good yarn." —The Age (Melbourne) "Blends high-class original research with a narrative style that mimics fiction. . . . Horrific subjects have served this man well and he has a knack for plugging into the dark themes that run like molten rivers beneath our social veneer." —New Zealand Herald "Neil Hanson’s descriptions of the inferno are like CNN reports from Kosovo." —Camden New Journal "It's not the technical data which makes the book so riveting though. It's the flair with which Hanson invests his account with qualities usually reserved for novels–narrative drive, persuasive character sketches, vivid scene stealing." —Sunday Star Times (New Zealand)

Author : Magdalena Alagna
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823944859

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The Great Fire of London of 1666 by Magdalena Alagna Pdf

Recounts the events leading up to the 1666 fire that destroyed most of London, tracing its course and aftermath, as well as the city's recovery.

Author : Walter George Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Fires
ISBN : YALE:39002005394532

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The Great Fire of London in 1666 by Walter George Bell Pdf

Author : Samuel Pepys
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141397559

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The Great Fire of London by Samuel Pepys Pdf

'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Samuel Pepys (1633-1703). The Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection is available in Penguin Classics

Author : Jacob F. Field
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351582759

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London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666 by Jacob F. Field Pdf

The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history. While its impact on London and its built environment has been studied and documented, its impact on Londoners has been overlooked. This book makes full and systematic use of the wealth of manuscript sources that illustrate social, economic and cultural change in seventeenth-century London to examine the impact of the Fire in terms of how individuals and communities reacted and responded to it, and to put the response to the Fire in the context of existing trends in early modern England. The book also explores the broader effects of the Fire in the rest of the country, as well as how the Great Fire continued to be an important polemical tool into the eighteenth century.

Author : Stephen Porter
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752475707

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The Great Fire of London by Stephen Porter Pdf

The Great Fire of London was the greatest catastrophe of its kind in Western Europe. Although detailed fire precautions and fire-fighting arrangements were in place, the fire raged for four days and destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches and 44 of the City of London's great livery halls. The 'great fire' of 1666 closely followed by the 'great plague' of 1665; as the antiquary Anthony Wood wrote left London 'much impoverished, discontented, afflicted, cast downe'. In this comprehensive account, Stephen Porter examines the background to 1666, events leading up to and during the fire, the proposals to rebuild the city and the progress of the five-year programme which followed. He places the fire firmly in context, revealing not only its destructive impact on London but also its implications for town planning, building styles and fire precautions both in the capital and provincial towns.

Author : Walter George Bell
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033712600

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The Great Fire of London in 1666 by Walter George Bell Pdf

Author : Emma Adams
Publisher : Wayland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0750298200

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The Great Fire of London 350th Anniversary by Emma Adams Pdf

In 1666, London's citizens woke to see the skyline above their city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city's history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book. Lewis's drawings take readers on a journey, from the single smouldering coal that falls out of the baker's oven to the swirling clouds of ash that engulf the city and then in to the very heart of the fire itself. As the pages turn, you can witness London burning to the ground and then rebuilding again. Children will love examining the rich detail of each spread, from the detailed city map to the drawings of London before, during and after the fire took hold. This book takes the dramatic historical information surrounding the Great Fire of London and transforms it into a breathtaking story that will transfix readers of all ages.

Author : Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446402719

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By Permission Of Heaven by Adrian Tinniswood Pdf

There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. Yet the signs from the heavens in 1666 were ominous: comets, pyramids of flame, monsters born in city slums. Then, in the early hours on 2 September, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's house in Pudding Lane. In five days that small fire would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. Adrian Tinniswood's magnificent new account of the Great Fire of London explores the history of a cataclysm and its consequences. It pieces together the untold human story of the Fire and its aftermath - the panic, the search for scapegoats, and the rebirth of a city. Above all, it provides an unsurpassable recreation of what happened to schoolchildren and servants, courtiers and clergyman when the streets of London ran with fire.

Author : Kate Cunningham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913338193

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Vlad and the Great Fire of London by Kate Cunningham Pdf

This is the second edition version of the bestselling Vlad and the Great Fire of London. It features the same favourite tale but with new detailed, historically accurate illustrations. It is 1666 and Vlad flea and his friend Boxton the rat, love eating and biting their way around London. They settle for the night in the bakery in Pudding Lane, but wake to find themselves caught up in the Great Fire. Follow our heroes as they escape the disaster and finish the story with the displaced Londoners in the fields around London City. The book contains a Fact File summarising the key pieces of information, and supports the National Curriculum topic in a fun and accessible way.

Author : Emma Adams
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781526360762

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The Great Fire of London by Emma Adams Pdf

In 1666, London's citizens woke to see the skyline above their city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city's history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book. Lewis's drawings take readers on a journey, from the single smouldering coal that falls out of the baker's oven to the swirling clouds of ash that engulf the city and then in to the very heart of the fire itself. As the pages turn, you can witness London burning to the ground and then rebuilding again. Children will love examining the rich detail of each spread, from the detailed city map to the drawings of London before, during and after the fire took hold. This book takes the dramatic historical information surrounding the Great Fire of London and transforms it into a breathtaking story that will transfix readers of all ages.

Author : Susanna Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409581020

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The Great Fire of London by Susanna Davidson Pdf

Find out all about the Great Fire of London, in 1666 - what caused it, how it spread, how it was put out and how the city was rebuilt in its wake. A simple but comprehensive introduction to this key historical event.

Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Corgi Books
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Great Fire, London, England, 1666
ISBN : 0552167479

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The Dreadful Judgement by Neil Hanson Pdf

"If the story that struck the Grand Banks off Newfoundland in October 1991 was The Perfect Storm, the fire that destroyed London in September 1666 was The Perfect Fire. A fire needs only three things: a spark to ignite it, and the fuel and oxygen to feed it. In 1666, a ten-month drought had turned London into a tinderbox. The older parts of the city were almost entirely composed of wood-frame buildings and shanties. The riverside wharves were stack with wood, coal, oil, tallow, hemp, pitch, brandy, and almost very other combustible material known to seventeenth century man. On 2 September 1666, London ignited. Over the next five days the gale blew without interruption and the resulting firestorm destroyed the whole city. THE DREADFUL JUDGEMENT tells the true, human story of the Great Fire of London through the eyes of the individuals caught up in it. It is a historical story combining modern knowledge of the physics of fire, forensics and arson investigation with the moving eye-witness accounts to produce a searing depiction of the terrible reality of the Great Fire of London and its impact on those who lived through it."

Author : Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473546943

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The Great Fire of London by Adrian Tinniswood Pdf

2 SEPTEMBER 1666: 350 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON In the early hours of 2 September 1666 a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. In the five days that followed it grew into a conflagration that would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. This short edition is the essential guide to the Great Fire of London and includes first-hand descriptions from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, as well as a gripping account from renowned historian Adrian Tinniswood.

Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Doubleday UK
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054376440

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The Dreadful Judgement by Neil Hanson Pdf

This is a historical detective story - combining modern knowledge of the physics of fire, forensics, and fire and arson investigation, with eye-witness accounts - to produce a depiction of the Great Fire of London and the human stories of those who lived through it and those who did not.