Nick Rennison

Nick Rennison is the author of 'The Book of London Lists' (Canongate, 2006) and co-editor, with Travis Elborough, of 'A London Year' (Frances Lincoln, 2013)

People flee to boats on the River Thames to escape the Great Fire of London, September 1666.

Coffee, plague and the Great Fire: the pleasures and perils of living in Restoration London