The day Parliament burned down / Caroline Shenton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shenton, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Westminster Palace (London, England)--History--19th century.

Westminster Palace (London, England).

Fires--England--London--History--19th century.

Fires.

Fire prevention--History--England--London.

Fire prevention.

History.

England.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xxii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

In the early evening of 16 October 1834, to the horror of bystanders, a huge ball of fire exploded through the roof of the House of Parliament, creating a blaze so enormous that it could be seen by the King and Queen at Windsor, and from stagecoaches on top of the South Downs. In front of hundreds of thousands of witnesses the great conflagration destroyed Parliament's glorious old buildings and their content. No one who watched the burning of the ancient Palace of Westminster would ever forget it. Book jacket.

Contents:

Mr. Hume's motion for a new House

Novelty, novelty, novelty

Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood

Manifest indications of danger

One of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record

The brilliancy of noonday

Immense and appalling splendor

Damn the House of Commons!

But save, oh save the Hall!

Milton's pandemonium

A national calamity

Emptying the Thames

Thank God we all seem safe

Guy Faux has rose again

Past peril.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-316) and index.

ISBN:

9780199646708

0199646708

OCLC:

785869543