CD Edition
by Neil Hanson
narrated by Simon Prebble
Genre: History
Age Group: Adult
Book Reference: DIR1635
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7596 7
Duration: 9h 45m (approx.) on 8 CDs
Publication Date: April 2008
A fire needs only three things: a spark to ignite it, and fuel and oxygen to feed it...
The 1666 Great Fire of London was one of the most catastrophic events ever to hit the nation's capital. The previous year the city had suffered a grievous and prolonged epidemic of the Black Death, causing the deaths of thousands. It really did seem as if London was cursed.
Daily Telegraph
“Hanson has a marvellous eye for evocative detail. He creates the literary equivalent of the special effects in a disaster movie.”
Times Literary Supplement
“Popular narrative history at its best, well researched, imaginatively and dramatically written.”