![]() The book is Rideal’s first novel published in August 2016, it was released just weeks before the 350 th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. It is with this key event that Rebecca Rideal begins her novel 1666: Plague, War and Hellfire, an event, that as she points out, set in motion eighteen months of misery as plague, war, and fire ravaged London and its citizens. The ship was meant to join the fleet as part of preparations for the looming war with the Dutch that dominated foreign policy in 1665, and the ship’s destruction was a financial set back for the war effort. ![]() However on the way, gunpowder in the ship’s magazine sparked, causing a massive explosion and killing all but a small number on board. ![]() On 7 th March 1665, the London began the short journey from Chatham up the River Thames to near Tilbury to join the royal fleet. ![]()
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