Great Fire of London fire's destruction of much of the City. William Harrison Ainsworth's novel "Old St Paul's" is set during the events of the fire. "The Great Fire" was released on ITV television in 2014. It was shown in four episodes. It constructs a fictional scenario involving the Pudding Lane baker's family in an alleged popish plot. The round "London's Burning" is said to be about the Great Fire. However, the first notation of a song in this theme dates from 1580 as "Scotland's Burning". See . Great Fire of London The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through
Second Great Fire of London or partially destroyed. Stationers' Hall, neighbouring offices, the book wholesalers Simpkin Marshall, and several bookshops were lost. An estimated five million books were lost in the fires caused by tens of thousands of incendiary bombs. The economic damage from such large devastation of a major city is thought to have accelerated the collapse of the British Empire, and the decline of Great Britain as a superpower in the decades following the war. Second Great Fire of London The "Second Great Fire of London" refers to one of the most destructive air raids of the Blitz. An American correspondent in a