Samuel Pepys - After the Fire
BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
Kris Marshall (My Family) stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of the famous diarist's account of the aftermath of the Great Fire of London.
Following on from the acclaimed radio dramatisation of Pepys' complete diaries, this further instalment of his chronicles focuses on events following the cataclysmic inferno that destroyed much of the capital four hundred years ago.
When the Great Fire of 1666 was finally extinguished, little remained of London but smouldering rubble. Samuel Pepys witnessed firsthand the impact it had on the city and its people, and would be haunted by what he had seen for the rest of his life. Thousands of homes and many key buildings had been destroyed or damaged, including St Paul's Cathedral.…
SAMUEL PEPYS (1633-1703) was an administrator of England's navy and a member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary that he kept for a decade.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Selected and Introduced by Kate Loveman
Samuel Pepys - After the Fire
Samuel Pepys; Read by Full Cast, Katherine Jakeways & Kris Marshall