The ashes of London

Resource Information

The work The ashes of London represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The ashes of London

Statement of responsibility

Andrew Taylor

Creator

• Taylor, Andrew, 1951-

Author

• Taylor, Andrew, 1951-

Subject

• Historical fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- England | London -- Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
• Great Fire, London, England, 1666 -- Fiction

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction

Language

eng

Summary

London, September 1666. The Great Fire rages through the city, consuming everything in its path. Even the impregnable cathedral of St. Paul?s is engulfed in flames and reduced to ruins. Among the crowds watching its destruction is Richard 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. Paul?s, in a tomb that should have been empty. The man?s body has been mutilated and his thumbs have been tied behind his back ? the sign of a Regicide, one of those who signed Charles I?s death warrant. 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

Member of

• Marwood and Lovett, 1

Cataloging source

VHOB

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

Marwood and Lovett

Series volume

1

Target audience

adult