The Great Fire of London: An Illustrated History of the Great Fire of 1666

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This dramatic visualisation of the Great Fire describes the very different face of 17 th-century London, with its crowded streets and wooden houses, so close together that neighbours could lean out of windows and touch the opposite building. 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.

An exciting resource book for primary schools and any child interested in this chapter of London's history. Most titles contain a single story divided into chapters, with varied sentence lengths and more challenging vocabulary. Paul’s – the author goes deeper into the stories of many caught up in this catastrophic occurrence, revealing a more human side to those affected by the fire that is often overlooked. The novel received generally positive reviews on its publication, although many reviewers have subsequently reassessed it in the light of Hawksmoor three years later, which had a similar focus albeit with a different historical perspective. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.A simple, friendly first history series that takes a close look at some key events and personalities through history and reveals how and why they are still important to us today. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment.

This day-by-day account is really dramatic and shows the immensity of the fire and its impact on Londoners.So runs the nursery rhyme, but in the early hours of 2 September 1666 something stirred in London that would change the city forever. The fact that I at my age am learning new things from these pages shows just how valuable this book will become [.

This has to be one of *the* most hauntingly stunning visual representation of The Great Fire of London that we've ever laid eyes on. The pre-loved books are carefully cleaned and maintained offering a wide variety of general and specialist titles from children's to adults. Real-life artefacts and documentation enable readers to build a true and real account of the Great Fire and how it shaped Britain today.spine bumped, illustrated, folding plates, advertisement leaves, top edge red, ownership signature front free endpaper, a nice copy. In 1666, a famous fire started in a London bakery and spread quickly to burn down large areas of the city. Published to mark the 350th anniversary of the fire, The Great Fire of London is a spectacular visual retelling of whole story of the fire, from the first piece of coal that starts smouldering in the oven of the Pudding Lane bakery to a whole city engulfed by raging red and orange flames.