Don Brown’s online talk about the 1666 Great Fire of London – one of the most destructive events in the history of the city.

Starting in the small hours of 2 September in a baker’s house in Pudding Lane, the Great Fire of London burned for four days, destroying over 13,000 houses, 80 churches and Old St Paul’s Cathedral.

It made tens of thousands homeless, and killed an unknown number of people. In this online talk, we trace the progress of the destruction, hear eyewitness accounts and examine the city that emerged from the ashes, including Christopher Wren’s magnificent new St Paul’s.