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The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666
Neil Hanson
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Description for The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666
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A brilliantly compelling portrayal of the five-day inferno that torched London. Following on his tremendously successful book, "Custom of the Sea", Neil Hanson presents a new and thrilling narrative of the pivotal event that destroyed one of the world's great capital cities. "The Great Fire of London" depicts the heartfelt and inspiring human dramas that unfolded, drawing on firsthand accounts of aristocrats, tradesmen, and servants. It reveals the stories of many compelling figures, including diarist Samuel Pepys, who saw the early hours of the fire from the Tower of London, as well as Charles II and his brother, who helped the commoners thwart the flames. In an era when structures were built of wood with thatched roofs, before organized fire departments and insurance, the Great London Fire left in its aftermath a devastated population of homeless, poverty-stricken people who nevertheless found the strength and courage to rebuild their city from ashes.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471218227
SKU
V9780471218227
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About Neil Hanson
NEIL HANSON is the author of The Custom of the Sea (Wiley) and thirty other books under his own name and a variety of pen names. He lives in West Yorkshire, England.
Reviews for The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666
"Popular narrative history at its best, well researched, imaginatively and dramatically written... The author marshals his story and his mass of contemporary quotation with great skill." (Times Literary Supplement) "Hanson's book sifts through the ashes and comes up with some intriguing theories." (Daily Mail) "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) "Neil Hanson's descriptions of the inferno are like CNN reports from Kosovo." (Camden New Journal) "Blends high
class original research with a pacy 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) "Extraordinary images abound: molten lead pours off St Paul's cathedral and runs silver in the streets; bodies burn six feet under in their graves." (New Zealand Listener) "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) "A horror story, well
researched and very well told, which will make you rethink your ideas on desirable old villas and tightly packed terraced suburbs." (Evening Post) (Auckland) "...when one reads Neil Hanson's meticulously researched, utterly fascinating new account, ...uncanny parallels between the two September events suddenly ...appear..." (The New York Times Book Review, September 22, 2002)
class original research with a pacy 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) "Extraordinary images abound: molten lead pours off St Paul's cathedral and runs silver in the streets; bodies burn six feet under in their graves." (New Zealand Listener) "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) "A horror story, well
researched and very well told, which will make you rethink your ideas on desirable old villas and tightly packed terraced suburbs." (Evening Post) (Auckland) "...when one reads Neil Hanson's meticulously researched, utterly fascinating new account, ...uncanny parallels between the two September events suddenly ...appear..." (The New York Times Book Review, September 22, 2002)