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Tag Archives: Great Fire of London
fire of london: desolation row
On Sunday, September 2, 1666, fire burst out in a riverside area of London. The season was dry, the city wooden, and a perverse east wind kept fanning the flames. Ever curious, Samuel Pepys climbed a turret to get a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Wren, Great Fire of London, Henry Wheatley, John Evelyn diarist, John Locke, Leo Hollis author, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maurice Ashley, Molly Harrison, O.M. Royston, Robert Latham, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, St. Paul's cathedral
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A career man’s crisis
“Chance without merit,” said Samuel Pepys, had won him his post as the navy’s Clerk of the Acts. Mischance without personal demerit almost cost him all on June 12,1667, when a Dutch squadron sailed boldly up the Thames, burned part … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Dutch wars, Great Fire of London, Henry Wheatley, James Duke of York, Johan de Witt, Lord Baybrooke, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maurice Ashley, Molly Harrison, O.M. Royston, Peter van den Velde, Robert Latham, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, Sir Peter Lely, Sir William Coventry, William Blathwayt
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fire! and “a very fearful stink”
Samuel Pepys diary. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England in all its gaudy excess of sex, scandal, fire and plague… The final blow to English morale was the Great Fire of London, which razed most of … Continue reading
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Tagged Earl of ROchester, Great Fire of London, Henry Wheatley, Jacob Huysmans, John Evelyn diarist, John Wilmont Earl of Rochester, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maurice Ashley, Molly Harrison, O.M. Royston, Restoration England, Restoration of Charles II, Reverend Mynors Bright, Robert Latham, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Pepys Diary, William Blathwayt, XTC Nonsuch
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