The Great Fire of London (ePub)
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(Sprache: Englisch)
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
A book that entertains, informs and suggests startling parallels to todays world.
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Join such historical figures as King Charles II whose...
A book that entertains, informs and suggests startling parallels to todays world.
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Join such historical figures as King Charles II whose...
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THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
A book that entertains, informs and suggests startling parallels to todays world.
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Join such historical figures as King Charles II whose far-seeing plan rebuilt a city; Samuel Pepys whose diary told the tale; and Christopher Wren whose architectural genius brought London back to life.
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"Succeeds in evoking all the sights, sounds and famous personages of that era in capable, interesting easy-to-read style.
---Library Journal
The narrative brings the old tale to life, especially it reveals the epic mess, the tangle of antique property law which had to be cut, set aside, or unraveled, and the sudden bankruptcies, privations, courage and tenacious good will on which the new London was slowly---so slowly!---to rise again[It is] at times a racy account of that fortunate calamity.
---Christian Science Monitor
. . . a straightforward account of the Great Fire of 1666 . . .
fireproof correct, and the illustrations have vitality and veracity.
---The Kirkus Service
A book that entertains, informs and suggests startling parallels to todays world.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Join such historical figures as King Charles II whose far-seeing plan rebuilt a city; Samuel Pepys whose diary told the tale; and Christopher Wren whose architectural genius brought London back to life.
_____________________________________________________________________________
"Succeeds in evoking all the sights, sounds and famous personages of that era in capable, interesting easy-to-read style.
---Library Journal
The narrative brings the old tale to life, especially it reveals the epic mess, the tangle of antique property law which had to be cut, set aside, or unraveled, and the sudden bankruptcies, privations, courage and tenacious good will on which the new London was slowly---so slowly!---to rise again[It is] at times a racy account of that fortunate calamity.
---Christian Science Monitor
. . . a straightforward account of the Great Fire of 1666 . . .
fireproof correct, and the illustrations have vitality and veracity.
---The Kirkus Service
Autoren-Porträt von David A. Weiss
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, David A. Weiss came to New York after World War II to embark on what became a successful writing career, during which he published dozens of articles in such magazines as the Reader’s Digest and Sports Illustrated; two nonfiction books (including The Saga of the Tin Goose, the story of the famous Ford Trimotor airplane); and special publicity features for Universal Pictures. In the late 1960s, he founded Packaged Facts Inc., one of the nation’s leading market research companies, which he still heads as president. Mr. Weiss is a member of the Princeton Club of New York, the Salamagundi Club, the Baker Street Irregulars, and the American Revolution Round Table.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David A. Weiss
- 2012, 136 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Trafford Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1466951354
- ISBN-13: 9781466951358
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.08.2012
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