num_pages: 368
description: 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.
language: English
title: By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London
titlecomplete: By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London
genres: British Literature, European History, 17th Century, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 244
places: London, England
publisher: Riverhead Books