By Permission of Heaven

Adrian Tinniswood's magnificent account of the Great Fire of London explores the history of a cataclysm and its consequences.

A dynamic recounting of the horror that gripped London in 1666 after a small baker's fire erupted and spread, destroying 13,200 homes, 93 churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and every administrative building in the capital. Looting, savage violence, panic, and chaos reigned, but what happened in the fire's wake was even more extraordinary.By Permission of HeavenList of Illustrations
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1. The Court of Vulcan
2. The Future Condition of the English Nation
3. God's Bellows
4. A Universal Conclusion
5. Black Towers Mourn
6. And After Three Days' Toil
7. Mighty Merry and Our Fears Over
8. Dreams of Fire Falling
9. Digitus Dei
10. Yes Sir, I am Guilty of It
11. A More Glorious Phoenix
12. Grief Cramps My Heart
13. Consider the Common Calamity
14. Malicious Hearts

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Chronology
Dramatis Person?
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Adrian Tinniswood is the author of His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren and Visions of Power: Ambition and Architecture from Ancient Times to the Present. He is a respected author, lecturer, and broadcaster in Britain and the United States.