02091cam a2200337 i 4500 1164609943 TxAuBib 20170915120000.0 150909s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780008207755 0008207755 (OCoLC)920720254 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP NZTPP OCLCQ CDX OCLCO CDX VP@ BTCTA OCLCF MQP IZ2 GO9 FMF UOK TxAuBib rda Taylor, Andrew, 1951-, author. The ashes of London / Andrew Taylor. London : HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] 482 pages : maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Maps on endpapers. 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. 20170915. Great Fire, London, England, 1666 Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. London (England) History 17th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) TXKIP