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4 ⭐️ I ended up really liking this one. I wish that the book title was better suited to the book, as the book deals with both 1665 and 1666 and that she dealt a little more with the Fire of London than she did. The thing I got out of the book was that after the fire, the council put in an ordinance that all future homes were to be made of brick, not wood. #2021 #bookstagram #bookreview #nonfiction

My #libraryhaul from the past month or so.

I found the plague and fire sections more interesting than the war sections.

I did not know Lord Rochester's poems were quite THAT rude.

#coffeeandabook

A interesting slice of popular history covering the period 1665-1666, during which the inhabitants of London experienced a major outbreak of the black death, and ongoing war with the Dutch and then the great fire which consumed much of the old city. It is understandable why many citizens felt that they had been damned, even if the cause of the damnation varied based on their political and religious beliefs.

Must stop going to book sales at lunch.

Okay who am I kidding?

‘On 7th March 1665, the English navy‘s prized warship ‘The London‘ dramatically exploded, killing 300 men and women. It marked the beginning of eighteen months of horror in England. In rapid succession, the country was struck by the Great Plague, the eruption of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London.
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There‘s an old curse: may you live in interesting times.

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A+ back cover design!