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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 942.12066
EAN: 9781594480393
ISBN: 1594480397
Label: Riverhead Trade
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: December 07, 2004
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Release Date: December 07, 2004
Studio: Riverhead Trade




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A dynamic recounting of the horror that gripped London in 1666 after a small baker's fire erupted and spread, destroying 13,200 homes, 93 churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and every administrative building in the capital. Looting, savage violence, panic, and chaos reigned, but what happened in the fire's wake was even more extraordinary.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Permission to enjoy Permission From Heaven
Very readable story about the Great Fire of 1666 in London. And what a story it is. I knew it would be interesting, but I was surprised to find this book to be a page turner. Tinniswood covers all the details, but without sacrificing the wonderful character of the story. He makes it easy to imagine what it was like in 1666 London and what a disaster the fire must have been. Informs your observation of current day disasters -- almost 400 years later, we can still make as big a mess of things, ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Fascinating Subject, But Book Could Be Better
I did enjoy Tinniswood's book and found the subject very intriguing. The Great Fire of London was incredibly dramatic and Tinniswood shines when he brings in primary sources such as the diary of Samuel Pepys and the poetry of the time. I also appreciated the maps that tracked the progress of fire as well as other city plans and artwork included in the plates. Another strong point of the book is the discussion of the English fear of "papism"; the 17th century mind equated Catholicism with a loss of ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Intriguing book on how catastrophes impact nations...
Tinniswood is an author I will be looking for in the future. His history of the great London fire of 1666 makes it memorable, and it is amazing how much is still the same as per politics and political maneuvering by those in power during such a daunting happening as this fire, that more or less razed London to the ground.

England was in the midst of a war as per usual with Holland and France when this fire broke out in the late summer of 1666. Even though it would have been easy to blame ... Read More



Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Should have been much better
It's hard to take a fascinating historical subject like this and make it boring, but that's exactly what Tinniswood does with this book. He does a very, very poor job of setting the scene and introducing characters -- if you don't already know a lot about 17th century life and the geography of London, you'll likely find yourself lost. His extremely dry writing style doesn't help matters, either.

The book also suffers from a lack of depth -- it's fact after fact with almost no attempt made at ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Resurgam
This book is a fascinating mix of disaster epic, social history, biography, and just plain good storytelling. I highly recommend it.

Adrian Tinniswood, the author of a biography of Christopher Wren and a history of architecture (among other titles), brings us to the intersection of those two topics, the massive fire that swept through the City of London in early September, 1666. For me, as I'd suspect for many readers, about the only thing I knew about the Great Fire of London was that it allowed ... Read More




 

 

 

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