In the aftermath of the Bubonic plague‚ which had decimated the population and ruined the living conditions‚ the Great Fire of London struck the medieval city at the end of a dry summer in 1666. The fire started as an innocent blaze in a bakery‚ but due to lack of immediate response‚ turned into a giant inferno that raged for 3 days and ravaged London (Tinniswood 42). Despite the suspicions of the paranoid city dwellers‚ the official statement issued by the Parliament on the cause of the Fire was
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variant. ----------------------- THE LONDON UNDERGROUND 1. Read about the history of the London Underground and answer the questions The London Underground The London Underground was the first underground system in the world. It is over 140 years old. Its’ construction began in 1860.The system was opened in 1863 and was only 4 miles long (6.5 kilometers) running from the west of London to the city in the east. It was not very deep and steam trains were used
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Urban Transport Project Abstract London is a busy city with many people wanting to get to a destination. London transport gets commuters and tourists moving from one place to the next‚ with a choice of buses and tube. The Tube is probably the best form of transport in London in terms of coverage‚ speed and reliability. However London buses are also great as they don’t get stuck in traffic due to buses having their own bus lanes. This report shows the quality of London’s public transport addressed
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London docklands- research project Section 1. Urban decline: When an urban area starts losing business and places close; people lose their jobs; people move away from the area; the local economy shrinks along with the population‚ buildings and public places become rundown and badly maintained; which means the desirability of the area falls... it’s a vicious circle Urban regeneration: Rehabilitation of impoverished urban neighbourhoods by large-scale renovation or reconstruction of housing and
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Literary Analysis of stories by Jack London For my author project on Jack London I read three of his books. I read The Sea Wolf‚ which is about the hardships of being out at sea. The Call of the Wild‚ Which is about a dog that is sent into the wild. White Fang‚ which is the opposite the call of the wild where a “wolf” becomes tame. They are all interesting books all by one well-known author. For the first book I read I chose The Sea Wolf. The book is about a guy named Humphrey "Hump" Van Weyden
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Christopher “Jack London” McCandless Anna Wilson English III Honors Petrulla 26 November 2014 Wilson 2 Two people in two generations so different‚ yet so alike. Jack London‚ an American author‚ wrote books like Call of The Wild and White Fang . Both were about adventure and discovering something and that is exactly what Christopher McCandless did. Christopher McCandless was an adventurer and a seeker of himself. Christopher read London’s novels and
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Introduction Jack London had already established himself as a popular writer when his story "To Build a Fire" appeared in the Century Magazine in 1908. This tale of an unnamed man’s disastrous trek across the Yukon Territory near Alaska was well received at the time by readers and literary critics alike. While other works by London have since been faulted as overly sensational or hastily written‚ "To Build a Fire" is still regarded by many as an American classic. London based the story on his
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The Great Fire off London Did you know that the Great Fire of London of September 1666 was one of the most famous incidents in Stuart England. It was the second tragedy to hit the city in the space of 12 months. Just as the city was recovering from the Great Plague‚ the inhabitants had to flee the city once again – this time not as a result of a disease‚ but the result of as human accident. The Great Fire of London‚ arguably‚ left a far greater mark on the city when compared to the plague.
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Tower of London‚ is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London‚ England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets‚ separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. The White Tower‚ which gives the entire castle its name‚ was built by William the Conqueror in 1078‚ and was a resented symbol of oppression‚ inflicted upon London by the new
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The Great Fire of London‚ which occurred in September of 1666‚ completely devastated the city of London‚ leaving one-sixth of its population homeless and destroying a large swath of the city‚ including St. Paul’s Cathedral. In Adrian Tinniswood’s novel‚ By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London‚ he argued that the majority of Londoners saw the fire as either an act of terrorism or as an act of God. Those who believed the act of terrorism theory blamed the fire on England’s
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