The Great Fire of London - Couverture souple

Porter, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750918136 ISBN 13 : 9780750918138

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Porter Stephen

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A fascinating insight into one of history s greatest catastrophes. 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 the great plague of 1665; as the antiquary, Anthony Wood wrote, left London much impoverished, discontented, afflicted, cast downe . The background to 1666 is examined with events leading up to and during the fire. Includes first-hand accounts of the disaster A comprehensive view of how the fire destroyed and shaped London, the proposals to rebuild the city and the progress of the five-year programme which followed.

Revue de presse :

...authoritative new edition on the disaster... --Giles Broadbent, The Wharf, September 2009

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0750918136
• ISBN 13: 9780750918138
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224