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Title Statement | The ashes of London / Andrew Taylor. |
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Author | Taylor, Andrew, 1951 October 14- |
Publication | London: HarperCollins Publishers,2016. |
Extent of Item | 482 pages ; |
ISBN | 0008119082 9780008119089 |
Other Number | 2869452 |
General Notes | Maps on endpapers. |
Summary | "London, September 1666. The Great Fire rages through the city, consuming everything in its path. Even the impregnable cathedral of St. Pauls is engulfed in flames and reduced to ruins. Among the crowds watching its destruction is James Marwood, son of a disgraced printer, and reluctant government informer. In the aftermath of the fire, a semi-mummified body is discovered in the ashes of St. Pauls, in a tomb that should have been empty. The mans body has been mutilated and his thumbs have been tied behind his back. Under orders from the government, Marwood is tasked with hunting down the killer across the devastated city. But at a time of dangerous internal dissent and the threat of foreign invasion, Marwood finds his investigation leads him into treacherous waters--and across the path of a determined, beautiful and vengeful young woman."--From publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Government investigators--Fiction |
Femmes fatales--Fiction | |
Great Fire, London, England, 1666--Fiction | |
Murder--Fiction--Investigation | |
By Location | London (England)--Fiction |
By Genre | Mystery fiction |
Historical fiction |