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Samuel Pepys - After the Fire: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
Samuel Pepys
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Description for Samuel Pepys - After the Fire: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
CD-Audio. When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble. Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital four hundred years ago. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; APWD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 88.
Kris Marshall (My Family) stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's account of the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this further instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital four hundred years ago. When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble. Samuel Pepys witnessed firsthand the impact it had on the city and its people, and would be haunted by what he had seen for the ... Read more
Kris Marshall (My Family) stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's account of the aftermath of the Great Fire of London. Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this further instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital four hundred years ago. When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble. Samuel Pepys witnessed firsthand the impact it had on the city and its people, and would be haunted by what he had seen for the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785293290
SKU
V9781785293290
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-11
About Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys was born on 23 February 1633, the son of a London tailor. He graduated from Cambridge in 1654, and in 1655 he married Elizabeth St Michel. He started work for Sir Edward Montague, a relation who later became the 1st Earl of Sandwich, and through him first went to sea. Pepys later found work with the Navy Office, ... Read more
Reviews for Samuel Pepys - After the Fire: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
...balancing domesticity, business and history so vividly and unexpectedly it sounds as if 1660 were the day before yesterday.
Gillian Reynolds
Daily Telegraph (review of the first series)
Gillian Reynolds
Daily Telegraph (review of the first series)