# The Ashes of London

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- Book: [The Ashes of London](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-taylor/the-ashes-of-london) ([The Ashes of London.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-taylor/the-ashes-of-london.md))
- Authors: [Andrew Taylor](https://www.bookquiver.com/andrew-taylor)
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- ISBN: 978-00-0811-909-6
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2017-01-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series‘This is terrific stuff’ Daily Telegraph‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times‘A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot’ The TimesOver 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold! A CITY IN FLAMESLondon, 1666. As the Great Fire consumes everything in its path, the body of a man is found in the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral – stabbed in the neck, thumbs tied behind his back. A WOMAN ON THE RUNThe son of a traitor, James Marwood is forced to hunt the killer through the city’s devastated streets. There he encounters a determined young woman, who will stop at nothing to secure her freedom. A KILLER SEEKING REVENGEWhen a second murder victim is discovered in the Fleet Ditch, Marwood is drawn into the political and religious intrigue of Westminster – and across the path of a killer with nothing to lose…