5/9/2023 0 Comments Rebecca rideal 1666Rideal effectively recreates the tense and confused atmosphere, employing clear prose and relevant background from such insightful sources as diarist Samuel Pepys and Puritan minister Thomas Vincent. Londoners ushered in 1666 with relief at the fading plague outbreak, but they endured a failing war against the Dutch and closed out the year recovering from the horrific four-day fire that ravaged the capital. British writer and television producer Rideal vividly reveals how one long, horrific year of calamities reduced England’s maritime reputation, treasury, and London’s medieval center to near-ruin while exposing the stark reality behind the early joy of the Glorious Restoration.
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