Great Fire of London Pearson. Another monument marks the spot where the fire stopped: the Golden Boy of Pye Corner in Smithfield. According to the inscription, it was evidence of God's wrath on the City of London for the sin of gluttony that the fire started at Pudding Lane and stopped at Pye Corner. The Great Plague epidemic of 1665 is believed to have killed a sixth of London's inhabitants, or 80,000 people, and it is sometimes suggested that the fire saved lives in the long run by burning down so much unsanitary housing with their rats and their fleas which transmitted the plague,
Japanese Bankers in the City of London do recommend this book for those who can get through its linguistic ineptitude". Mathews stated that the book may be compared to "Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers" by Heung Wah Wong. Japanese Bankers in the City of London Japanese Bankers in the City of London: Language, Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora is a 2000 nonfiction book by Junko Sakai (酒井 順子 "Sakai Junko"), published by Routledge. This book describes the lives and cultures of employees at Japanese companies working in their London offices, including Japanese and British employees. Ines Sanmiguel of Rikkyo University stated that the book's audience includes