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Old St Paul's, a Tale of the Plaque and the Fire By William Harrison Ainsworth

Old St Paul's, a Tale of the Plaque and the Fire

By William Harrison Ainsworth

  • Release Date: 2015-07-31
  • Genre: Classics
  • $2.99

Description

One night, at the latter end of April, 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive business as a grocer in Wood-street, Cheapside, were assembled, according to custom, at prayer. The grocer's name was Stephen Bloundel. His family consisted of his wife, three sons, and two daughters. He had, moreover, an apprentice; an elderly female serving as cook; her son, a young man about five-and-twenty, filling the place of porter to the shop and general assistant; and a kitchen-maid