Dear All, I have just finished reading an excellent book. It is called 'The Dreadful Judgement - The True Story Of The Great Fire Of London'. I don't know about you, but all I knew on this subject was that it started in a Bakers Shop in Pudding Lane, destroyed most of the city and finished at Pie Corner. Oh, and they put up a monument to mark the spot. This book was a real eye-opener. What I hadn't realised was that a lot of people thought it was a 'papist plot', and blamed foreigners, papists and Frenchmen, for the conflagration of the city. Certainly a mentally, unbalanced Frenchman confessed and was hanged for torching the city, although there was no evidence to support his confession. I would recommend this to anyone who is researching London during this time-period. The description of the streets of London as the fire spread are very vivid. 13000 houses, 87 churches and the halls of 52 Livery Companies were burned to the ground. 'The Dreadful Judgement is a historical detective story, combining modern knowledge of the physics of fire, forensics, and fire and arson investigation, with moving eye-witness accounts contained in contemporary documents private papers and personal letters, to produce a searing depiction of the Great Fire of London and the human stories of those who lived through it and those who did not.' Title: 'The Dreadful Judgement - The True Story Of The Great Fire Of London' Author: Neil Hanson ISBN: 0-385-60134-4 (Hardback) http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0552147893/qid=1070968756/sr=1- 2/ref=sr_1_3_2/026-4692878-6005240 Suzie Morley in Suffolk, England Looking for: ALLISON, BRADLEY, MILLER (in London) JEE/GEE, HOLLAND, KIRKMAN, MORLEY, RUSHTON, SPICE (in Lincolnshire) TABOURDEUX, TOUCHARD, URAND (Anywhere)