The Dreadful Judgement

The Dreadful Judgement
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Publisher : Corgi Books
Total Pages : 447
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ISBN-10 : 0552167479
ISBN-13 : 9780552167475
Rating : 4/5 (475 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Dreadful Judgement by : Neil Hanson

Download or read book The Dreadful Judgement written by Neil Hanson and published by Corgi Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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."


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