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The great fire of london was an enormous fire that spread through the center of london, uk, in 1666. The ten best history books of 2019 history smithsonian. Day had broken cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth bank, where a dim and littletravelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. A fire broke out in a bakery on pudding lane in london a little after midnight, and eventually spread across most of the city. History books the 10 best nonfiction books about london from pepyss diary to ben judahs impressionistic survey, the city has provided a wealth of material for writers.
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