This short edition is the essential guide to the Great Fire of London and includes first-hand descriptions from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, as well as a gripping account from renowned historian Adrian Tinniswood. Although the major events impacting the City are all included in the Diary, and in some cases, only known to historians precisely because they are included in his eyewitness history, they. In the five days that followed it grew into a conflagration that would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. In many ways, the Diary that Pepys kept is more a book of ironies than a document about the City of London during his years there. 2 SEPTEMBER 1666: 350 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON In the early hours of 2 September 1666 a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. Performed by Minneapolis theater actor/director/writer/educator Craig. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL 3JD HBJD1 HBLH. 8.9K views 2 years ago Excerpts from the Restoration diary of Samuel Pepys describing the Great Fire of London in 1666. This is a guide to the Great Fire of London and includes first-hand descriptions from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. The Great Fire of London started on Sunday, 2 September 1666 in a bakers shop on Pudding Lane belonging to Thomas Farynor (Farriner). In the five days that followed it grew into a conflagration that would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. In the early hours of 2 September 1666 a small fire broke out in a bakery in Pudding Lane. Description for The Great Fire of London: The Essential Guide Mass Market Paperback.
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