TY - BOOK AU - Taylor,Andrew TI - The ashes of London SN - 9780008119089 U1 - 823.912 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - HarperCollins KW - Great Fire, London, England, 1666 KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - England KW - London KW - London (England) KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction N2 - From the No.1 best-selling author of The American Boy and The Silent Boy comes a brand new historical thriller set during the time of the Great Fire of London. London, September 1666. The Great Fire rages through the city, consuming everything in its path. Even the impregnable cathedral of St. Paul 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, in a tomb that should have been empty. The man body has been mutilated and his thumbs have been tied behind his back the sign of a Regicide, one of those who signed Charles 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 ER -