Looking for books (ideally fiction) set in London around the time of the Great Fire. I’ve already read and love the Seeker, and Ashes of London series. Thank you!
Not fiction, but Pepys’ diaries are set around this time and include his experiences of the fire of london.
Or a Journal or the Plague Year by Defoe. Is set in 1665 and it’s about the plague unsurprisingly. It’s fictional but presented as a real diary. Moll Flanders was I think set around the same time.
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Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
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Neal Stephenson and the baroque cycle. Has an amazing scene when the fire is actually happening. Also has a lot of other things happening and is in general just an amazing read. It is … A bit long though….
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Not fiction, but Pepys’ diaries are set around this time and include his experiences of the fire of london.
Or a Journal or the Plague Year by Defoe. Is set in 1665 and it’s about the plague unsurprisingly. It’s fictional but presented as a real diary. Moll Flanders was I think set around the same time.
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Neal Stephenson and the baroque cycle. Has an amazing scene when the fire is actually happening. Also has a lot of other things happening and is in general just an amazing read. It is … A bit long though….
The Vizard Mask by Diana Norman