London Bridge in Plague and Fire: A Novel

Selected Reading

SeLeCTed reading Listed here are books i read or delved into over three decades. The first book was London in Plague and Fire, 1665–1666: Selected Source Material for College Research Papers, a textbook i used at Centre College in 1960, my second year of teaching. it includes writers listed on page 120 of this novel. Among other books, the most useful were: gordon Home, old London Bridge (the second book i read and the best) Frank Barlow, Thomas Becket William urry, Thomas Becket: His Last Days robert Speaight, Thomas Becket Michael Staunton, editor, translator, The Lives of Thomas Becket Walter george Bell, The Great Plague in London in 1665 and The Great Fire of London in 1666 Samuel Pepys, Diary John evelyn, Diary and Sylva The Autobiography of Richard Baxter roland Bartel, London in Plague and Fire: 1655–1666 daniel defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year SeLeCTed reading 338 Other useful books included: Patricia Pierce, old London Bridge: The Story of the Longest Inhabited Bridge in Europe richard Thomson, Chronicles of London Bridge John e. n. Hearsey, Bridge Church and Palace in old London Peter Jackson, London Bridge: A Visual History John Stow, A Survey of London James Leasor, The Plague and the Fire Stephen Porter, The Great Plague Leonard W. Cowie, Plague and Fire, London 1665–66 gustav Milne, The Great Fire of London neil Hanson, The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 1666 adrian Tinniswood, By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Thomas B. Costain, The Conquering Family Liza Picard, Restoration London: Everyday Life in the 1660s ross King, Brunichelli’s Dome eileen Power, Medieval People Christopher Brooke, From Alfred to Henry III, 871–1272 doris Mary Stenton, English Society in the Early Middle Ages (1066–1307) John Butler, The Quest for Becket’s Bones: The Mystery of the Relics of St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury Peter Marsden, Roman London 339 SeLeCTed reading John Burke, Roman England The London Encyclopedia Bruce Watson, Trevor Brigham, and Tony dyson, London Bridge: 2000 Years of a River Crossing a. L. rowse, The England of Elizabeth: The Structure of Society John richardson, The Annals of London: A Year-by-Year Record of a Thousand Years of History C. V. Wedgewood, The Life of Cromwell Barbara a. Hanawalt, Growing up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History J. J. Bagley, Life in Medieval England donald Hill, A History of Engineering In Classical and Medieval Times Christopher dyer, Making a Living in The Middle Ages: The People of Britain, 850–1520 Maureen Waller, 1700: Scenes from London Life John Boswell, The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance W. L. Warren, Henry II Helen Waddell, Peter Abelard urban Tigner Holmes Jr., Daily Living in the Twelfth Century J. J. Jusserand, English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages Chris given-Wilson, Chronicles: The Writing of History in Medieval England Charles Pendrill, London Life in the 14th Century Johan Huizinga, The Autumn of the Middle Ages (The Waning of the Middle Ages) SeLeCTed reading 340 norman F. Cantor, general editor, The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages norman F. Cantor, Inventing the Middle Ages Jacques derrida, The Gift of Death Miles richardson, Being-in-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place g. g. Coulton, Medieval Panorama: The English Scene from Conquest to Reformation ...