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

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xii 387pp +ads3 folding plates 25 plates on shiny paper rough cut no foxing green cloth with insetred emblem gilt title slight fade to spine very nice book. Find out all about the Great Fire of London, in 1666 - what caused it, how it spread, how it was put out and how the city was rebuilt in its wake. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Liz Miles’ interest in London began with family day-trips to tourist hotspots like the British Museum and the Tower of London.

My teens have picked it up and read it too, it's a really appealing and informative book for all ages. James Weston Lewis’s bold stylised illustrations paint a vivid picture – golds, yellow, oranges and blues, with flickering flames and pattern-like shapes silhouetted against the glow of the fire. 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.From the outbreak of the fire at a bakery on Pudding lane, to fire fighting techniques and meddling Lord Mayors, The Great Fire Unclassified takes readers on a journey back in time to uncover the true story behind London’s most destructive ever fire. 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. Find out why people thought his diary was written in code, why Pepys was known as the ‘father of the modern navy’ and why he was arrested and sent to the Tower of London. Written especially for young readers, Toby and The Great Fire of London tells the story of Toby’s experiences of the Great Fire of London.

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. An attractive hardback Folio Society volume, 2004 printing, in Fine condition, appears unused, in a Fine slipcase. Children also role play being in the King’s Council and make speeches giving King Charles II advice on what to do to combat the fire. Emma Adams recounts the destruction of the city with drama and pace, as the fire licked at thatched roofs and pitch, pushing south towards London Bridge.Her love of reading turned into a love of publishing when she went to Loughborough University to study Publishing with English, and when Emma later started working on books for children it felt like the most natural thing in the world. This strikingly illustrated account of the Great Fire of London brings an iconic story to younger readers with both clarity and drama. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. 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. Most titles contain a single story divided into chapters, with varied sentence lengths and more challenging vocabulary.