London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recovery (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history. While its impact on London and its built environment has been studied and documented, its impact on Londoners has been overlooked. This book makes full and systematic use of the wealth of manuscript sources that illustrate social, economic and cultural change in seventeenth-century London to examine the impact of the Fire in terms of how individuals and communities reacted and responded to it, and to put the response to the Fire in the context of existing trends in early modern England. The book also explores the broader effects of the Fire in the rest of the country, as well as how the Great Fire continued to be an important polemical tool into the eighteenth century.

Field, Jacob F.

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The Great Fire of 1666 was one of the greatest catastrophes to befall London in its long history. While its impact on London and its built environment has been studied and documented, its impact on Londoners has been overlooked. This book makes full and systematic use of the wealth of manuscript sources that illustrate social, economic and cultural change in seventeenth-century London to examine the impact of the Fire in terms of how individuals and communities reacted and responded to it, and to put the response to the Fire in the context of existing trends in early modern England. The book also explores the broader effects of the Fire in the rest of the country, as well as how the Great Fire continued to be an important polemical tool into the eighteenth century.

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A collection of extracts from the most rousing and inspirational wartime speeches of the last 2,500 years—Cicero to Churchill, Lincoln to Mao
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Discover the numbers that defined D-Day and the future of Europe in 1944 D-Day, June 6, 1944: the day on which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy with the intention of reclaiming mainland Europe from German occupation. The significance of the operation has captured the collective imagination to become the defining moment of World War II and represents the ending to the struggles of the early 20th century. This book follows the course of the war in Europe from 1939 through to the D-Day landings and their aftermath, taking in the most poignant events and looking at each through the numbers involved. Each number signifies an important moment within a larger story as they are explained in the context of the surrounding events. With the vast amount of planning that went into the execution of such an ambitious operation, the numbers involved are staggering, surprising, and often inspiring. Separate chapters discuss the war in Europe up to D-Day, the planning and preparation of D-Day, the landings, the battles, and the aftermath. Discover the numbers that promised to change the balance of power in Europe, and indeed, the world, as Deliverance Day, 1944 got underway.

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This fascinating book contains little-known anecdotes, facts and details from the life of Winston Churchill. As well as providing a new insight into the epochal historical events that Churchill was a part of, it documents some of the lesser known moments of his life, as well as intriguing facts about how he lived and worked, his friends and enemies, loves and hates. Did you know that Churchill invented the "belly band" around cigars? Or that a duck-billed platypus—named Winston—was sent from Australia to join Churchill’s menagerie at Chartwell? Or that he escaped from a POW camp during the Second Boer War? Or that he was a handy bricklayer in his spare time? These and many more extraordinary facts are detailed in this book.

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London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recovery (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recovery (Routledge Research in Early Modern History)

Countries of the World in Minutes

We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History

D-Day in Numbers: The Facts Behind Operation Overlord

One Bloody Thing After Another

The Eccentric Mr Churchill: Little-Known Facts About the Greatest Briton

Countries of the World in Minutes: Histories, key data, and maps for all 195 countries

Great Speeches in Minutes

The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks