The London Storyteller

The Great Fire Of London From The Diary Of Samuel Pepys

September 03, 2021 Tom Season 1 Episode 1
The Great Fire Of London From The Diary Of Samuel Pepys
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The London Storyteller
The Great Fire Of London From The Diary Of Samuel Pepys
Sep 03, 2021 Season 1 Episode 1
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Tom Barclay Matchett, The London Storyteller, explores the Great Fire Of London through the diaries of Samuel Pepys.

In early September 1666, a fire tore through the medieval heart of the City of London causing devastation that would serve as a watershed in the city's history.

Samuel Pepys, a civil servent and man about town, recorded his first hand experiences in his remarkable diary which documented this and many other of the turbulent events of the 1660s including the restoration of Charles II to the throne and the Great Plague of 1665.

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Tom Barclay Matchett, The London Storyteller, explores the Great Fire Of London through the diaries of Samuel Pepys.

In early September 1666, a fire tore through the medieval heart of the City of London causing devastation that would serve as a watershed in the city's history.

Samuel Pepys, a civil servent and man about town, recorded his first hand experiences in his remarkable diary which documented this and many other of the turbulent events of the 1660s including the restoration of Charles II to the throne and the Great Plague of 1665.