Book description
Learn about the Great Fire of London with iMinds insightful knowledge
series. Before the Great Fire, the City of London was filled with
crowded, timber-framed buildings with thin, plaster walls. Candles,
rushlights, coals and fireplaces were omnipresent, and the risk of fire
was paramount. The Great Fire of London is believed to have been started
by the baker Thomas Farrynger shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2
September 1666, in his shop on Pudding Lane, just East of London Bridge.
Within a few hours, the fire had spread rapidly, consuming Pudding Lane,
Star Inn at Fish Street Hill and also part of Thames Street. For the
next four days the fire raged, mercilessly consuming everything in its
wake. Londoners were beside themselves trying to extinguish it. iMinds
brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information
segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds
unique fast-learning products have been praised in the Financial Times,
Wired, Vogue, Robb Report, Sky News, LA Times, Mashable and many
others.. the future of general knowledge acquisition. Learn about the
Great Fire of London with iMinds insightful knowledge series. Before the
Great Fire, the City of London was filled with crowded, timber-framed
buildings with thin, plaster walls. Candles, rushlights, coals and
fireplaces were omnipresent, and the risk of fire was paramount. The
Great Fire of London is believed to have been started by the baker
Thomas Farrynger shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September 1666, in
his shop on Pudding Lane, just East of London Bridge. Within a few
hours, the fire had spread rapidly, consuming Pudding Lane, Star Inn at
Fish Street Hill and also part of Thames Street. For the next four days
the fire raged, mercilessly consuming everything in its wake. Londoners
were beside themselves trying to extinguish it. iMinds brings targeted
knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to
whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds unique
fast-learning products have been praised in the Financial Times, Wired,
Vogue, Robb Report, Sky News, LA Times, Mashable and many others.. the
future of general knowledge acquisition.
