London’s Forgotten Disasters: The Fatal Vespers
A hundred die in Blackfriars as floor collapses.
17th century
Book Review: The Battle of the Sun By Jeannette Winterson
Winterson’s latest children’s book is a portrait of seventeenth century London. The tale of Jack Snap’s misadventures battling the Magus, a megalomaniac alchemist, brings the city to brawling, stinking life. Young Jack is about to become a printer’s apprentice on the Strand until he is …
