Download or read book London Bridge in Plague and Fire written by David Madden and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like Dr. Frankenstein’s invented creature, the larger-than-life, flesh-and-blood characters of London Bridge in Plague and Fireare made from pieces of the dead past that are forged in the consciousness of an historian—himself a creation of history and of David Madden’s literary magic. Struck by the lightning bolt of the co-joined imaginations of Madden and his reader, the fabricated beings rise up and walk on London Bridge, and they have the audacity to speak for themselves in completely convincing and haunting voices.” —Allen Wier, author of Tehano For more than two thousand years, Old London Bridge evolved through many fragile wooden forms until it became the first bridge built of stone since the Roman invaders. With over two hundred houses and shops built directly upon the bridge, it was a wonder of the world until it was dismantled in 1832. In this stunningly original novel, Old London Bridge is as much a living, breathing character as its architect, the priest Peter de Colechurch, who began work on it in 1176, partly to honor Archbishop Thomas à Becket, murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. In 1665, the year of the Great Plague, Peter’s history is unknown, but Daryl Braintree, a young poet living on the bridge, resurrects him through inspired flights of imagination. As Daryl chronicles the history of the bridge and composes poems about it, he reads his work to his witty mistress, who prefers making love. Among other key characters is Lucien Redd, who as a boy was sexually brutalized by both Puritans and Cavaliers during the English Civil War before being kidnapped off London Bridge onto a merchant ship. Thus traumatized, he aspires to become Lucifer’s most evil disciple. Twenty years later, young Morgan Wood is forced into seafaring service to pay off his father’s debts; and, compelled by obsessive nostalgia for his early life on the bridge, he keeps a journal. Joining Morgan aboard ship, Lucien “befriends” him—to devastating effect. The shops and houses on the bridge survive both the Great Plague and Great Fire, believed to be God’s wrath upon sinful London. Fearing that God may next destroy the bridge and its eight hundred denizens, seven of its merchant leaders revert to a pagan appeasement ritual by selecting one of their virgin daughters for sacrifice. To enact their plan, they hire Lucien, who has returned to the bridge to burn it out of pure meanness. But as Lucien discovers, the chosen victim may be more Lucifer’s favorite than he is. Like his creation Daryl Braintree, David Madden employs diverse innovative ways to tell this complex, often shocking, but also lyrical story. The author of ten novels—including The Suicide’s Wife, Bijou, and most recently, Abducted by Circumstance and Sharpshooter—Madden has, with London Bridge in Plague and Fire, given us the most ambitious and imaginative work of his distinguished career.
Download or read book The Plague and the Fire written by James Leasor and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plague and Fire written by David Cogger and published by VCTA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plague and the Fire of London written by Michael Hardwick and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Fire of London of 1666 written by Magdalena Alagna and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the events leading up to the 1666 fire that destroyed most of London, tracing its course and aftermath, as well as the city's recovery.
Download or read book The Great Fire of London written by Sarah Machajewski and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1666, a small fire broke out at the king's bakery in London, England, in the early morning. Several fateful factors worked together to turn this small blaze into a catastrophic conflagration that changed the city forever. This riveting account of a city set ablaze is supported by primary sources such as maps, diaries, and royal proclamations. Readers will be fascinated by old-fashioned firefighting techniques and people's reactions as the fire spread and burned for days. Images of London on fire will ignite their imaginations and further enable them to understand this era and setting in European history.
Download or read book David Madden written by Randy Hendricks and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For four decades, Knoxville, Tennessee, native David Madden has been writing compelling bestsellers, such as Bijou and The Suicide's Wife, as well as highly respected literary novels, such as Sharpshooter. David Madden: A Writer for All Genres is the first full-length critical work devoted to the whole of Madden's oeuvre, and collectively the essays make the case that the attention paid to Madden's novels has overshadowed his innovative work as a critic, poet, short-story writer, and dramatist. Madden is indeed a writer for all genres--poetry, fiction, drama, and criticism. David Madden: A Writer for all Genres will introduce a new generation of readers to an important and multitalented writer and begin a well-deserved, serious discussion of his place in the American literary tradition.
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Download or read book Bloody History of London written by John D Wright and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immensely entertaining and illustrated with 180 colour and black-&-white artworks, Bloody History of London is an engaging and highly informative exploration of almost 2,000 years of London history, from the highlights of London lowlife to the depravities of London’s high life.
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Download or read book Trail of Prophecy written by Edward Oliver and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is truly unique in its many technological achievements and its standing in the world today. Was it mere chance that brought us to this point, or was it destiny? It is hoped that in reading these stories, the reader will begin to realize that the mathematical odds of probability and chance truly overextended themselves in the many events that marked the path of human destiny, including: The West Nile Virus, the World Trade Center Attack, the Cycle of Presidents, the Metric System, the Bill of Rights, Evolution and the End of Time.
Download or read book London written by Robert O. Bucholz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of London from 1550 and 1750, the period of its rise to world-wide prominence. Incorporating recent work in urban history, accounts by contemporary Londoners and tourists, and fictional works featuring the city, it examines how London came to dominate the economic, political, social and cultural life of the British Isles as never before nor since.
Download or read book The London Encyclopaedia 3rd Edition written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘There is no one-volume book in print that carries so much valuable information on London and its history’ Illustrated London News The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years, completely revised and updated, it comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes – one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general – and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs. Everything of relevance to the history, culture, commerce and government of the capital is documented in this phenomenal book. From the very first settlements through to the skyline of today, The London Encyclopaedia comprehends all that is London. ‘Written in very accessible prose with a range of memorable quotations and affectionate jokes...a monumental achievement written with real love’ Financial Times
Download or read book The Diary of Samuel Pepys written by Samuel Pepys and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of Public Health From Past to Present written by Jan Kirk Carney and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Public Health: From Past to Present uses a structured format to study public health from antiquity to the present time. After a brief introduction, this concise text illuminates defining moments in public health history through stories that illustrate people, principles, and challenges. These are followed by a discussion of history’s relevance to contemporary practice. Suggestions for additional study, discussion questions, and references complete each chapter. Key Features: • Emphasis on selected narratives - more detailed stories - to highlight defining moments in public health history and help readers to remember key historical events, their significance, and determine their relevance to today’s issues and practice. • Easily accessible references and primary sources are included for additional study and context. • Ample visuals and graphics highlight people, priorities, art, public opinion, and trends relevant to the time period,, and more.
Download or read book The Diary of Samuel Pepys M A F R S written by Samuel Pepys and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
