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The Great Fire of London was one of the most devastating disasters in the city’s history. In this video, we walk through a ...

Well, the answer is easy. The Great Fire of London was one of the greatest catastrophes ever to befall the City and was a tale just too extraordinary not to be told.

So wrote Samuel Pepys of the Great Fire of London which destroyed much of the City, 358 years ago today.

Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), the famous English diarist and naval administrator, had a penchant for fancy French clothes - although he described a fellow France-loving Englishman as 'an absolute ...

Samuel Pepys' diary (1660 to 1669) shone a spotlight on Restoration London, covering the ups and downs of his marriage, as well as events such as Charles II's coronation and the Great Fire of London.

Most of what we know about Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), the famous English diarist and naval administrator, comes from the diary that he kept from 1660–69.

In the sweltering London summer of 1666, fire breaks out in Thomas Farriner’s bakery. In the sweltering London summer of 1666, Samuel Pepys curries favor with King Charles II, whose chief of ...

Pepys' atmospheric diaries shone a spotlight on Restoration London, covering the ups and downs of his marriage, as well as historic events such as Charles II's coronation and the Great Fire of London.