The Great Fire of London in 1666
- ISBN-10
- 0722223153
- ISBN-13
- 9780722223154
- Category
- History / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)
- Pages
- 387
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1923
- Publisher
- John Lane, the Bodley Head Limited
- Author
- Walter George Bell
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