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Description

In 1700, London was a city like no other, poised between medievalism and future empire. London had endured a plague and witnessed the Great Fire of 1666. A king had been publicly executed at Whitehall. Now the city with Christopher Wren's skyline of churches bulged with riches and boasted the... read more

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First Sentence

THIRTY-FOUR YEARS after the Great Fire, the worshippers at St Paul's still gaze up at an open sky.

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  1. Maureen Waller (Author)
 

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