The Great Fire of London

Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141397551
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

The Great Fire of London

Author: Gillian Clements
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9781445108667
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
In 1666 a fire started in Pudding Lane in London. Soon the flames spread and no one could stop them. The Great Fire bought down much of the medieval city of London during the reign of King Charles II. Samuel Pepys wrote about the fire in his diary. Find out all about the Great Fire of London with this story that is packed with all the facts and colourful pictures. This book is part of a series of picture books, Famous People, Great Events, which are suitable for ages 6-12. They tell the stories of famous men and women and great events in history and can be used to study the primary history curriculum. Written by successful authors, they are enjoyable reads which are packed with facts and colourful illustrations. Each book includes a timeline of key dates, a quiz and index.

The Great Fire of London

Author: Stephen Porter
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
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 by the 'great plague' of 1665; as the antiquary Anthony Wood wrote left London 'much impoverished, discontented, afflicted, cast downe'. In this comprehensive account, Stephen Porter examines the background to 1666, events leading up to and during the fire, the proposals to rebuild the city and the progress of the five-year programme which followed. He places the fire firmly in context, revealing not only its destructive impact on London but also its implications for town planning, building styles and fire precautions both in the capital and provincial towns.

Vlad and the Great Fire of London

Author: Kate Cunningham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995520509
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Vlad and the Great Fire of London is a full colour, 32 page fiction picture book. Supporting the KS1 English National Curriculum topic it is narrated by Vlad the flea. Vlad and his friend, Boxton the rat are living in London when one night by witness the start of the fire that destroys most of the City of London. The book also contains a fact file.

The Great Fire of London

Author: Gillian Clements
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 1445113309
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
The great events of British history are part of our shared heritage and it is important that children know the facts behind the famous dates from a young age. In this series, Gillian Clements tells the stories of some of these events through a lively combination of text and illustration (including some speech bubbles, labelled maps etc). In this way she makes history child-friendly and accessible but still manages to incorporate, wherever possible, primary source material (such as eyewitness accounts and documentary evidence). THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON retells the events leading up to the fire of 1666 and its consequences.

By Permission Of Heaven

Author: Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446402711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. Yet the signs from the heavens in 1666 were ominous: comets, pyramids of flame, monsters born in city slums. Then, in the early hours on 2 September, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's house in Pudding Lane. In five days that small fire would devastate the third largest city in the Western world. Adrian Tinniswood's magnificent new account of the Great Fire of London explores the history of a cataclysm and its consequences. It pieces together the untold human story of the Fire and its aftermath - the panic, the search for scapegoats, and the rebirth of a city. Above all, it provides an unsurpassable recreation of what happened to schoolchildren and servants, courtiers and clergyman when the streets of London ran with fire.

Great Fire Of London

Author: Gillian Clements
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 1445113392
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

You Wouldn't Want to Be in the Great Fire of London!

Author: Jim Pipe
Publisher: The Salariya Book Company
ISBN: 1910706434
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
As if the plague wasn't bad enough, here comes the fiery antidote! As famous diary-keeper Samuel Pepys, you'll witness four days and four nights of fire and live to tell the tale. Find out how people lived in the London of 1666, how they coped in the aftermath and all importantly, whodunnit! - or at least who we think dunnit! This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like living through the Great Fire of London in 1666. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.

The Great Fire of London in 1666

Author: Walter George Bell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 470

Book Description

The Great Fire of London 350th Anniversary

Author: Emma Adams
Publisher: Wayland
ISBN: 9780750298209
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In 1666, London's citizens woke to see the skyline above their city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city's history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book. Lewis's drawings take readers on a journey, from the single smouldering coal that falls out of the baker's oven to the swirling clouds of ash that engulf the city and then in to the very heart of the fire itself. As the pages turn, you can witness London burning to the ground and then rebuilding again. Children will love examining the rich detail of each spread, from the detailed city map to the drawings of London before, during and after the fire took hold. This book takes the dramatic historical information surrounding the Great Fire of London and transforms it into a breathtaking story that will transfix readers of all ages.