{"product_id":"2940013658974","title":"WHEN LONDON BURNED","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I. FATHERLESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III. A THIEF SOMEWHERE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV. CAPTURED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V. KIDNAPPED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI. A NARROW ESCAPE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII. SAVED FROM A VILLAIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. THE CAPTAIN'S YARN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX. THE FIRE IN THE SAVOY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X. HOW JOHN WILKES FOUGHT THE DUTCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI. PRINCE RUPERT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII. NEW FRIENDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. THE BATTLE OF LOWESTOFT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. HONOURABLE SCARS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV. THE PLAGUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI. FATHER AND SON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. SMITTEN DOWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX. TAKING POSSESSION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX. THE FIGHT OFF DUNKIRK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI. LONDON IN FLAMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. AFTER THE FIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFATHERLESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLad stood looking out of the dormer window in a scantily furnished\u003cbr\u003eattic in the high-pitched roof of a house in Holborn, in September\u003cbr\u003e1664. Numbers of persons were traversing the street below, many of\u003cbr\u003ethem going out through the bars, fifty yards away, into the fields\u003cbr\u003ebeyond, where some sports were being held that morning, while country\u003cbr\u003epeople were coming in with their baskets from the villages of\u003cbr\u003eHighgate and Hampstead, Tyburn and Bayswater. But the lad noted\u003cbr\u003enothing that was going on; his eyes were filled with tears, and his\u003cbr\u003ethoughts were in the little room behind him; for here, coffined in\u003cbr\u003ereadiness for burial, lay the body of his father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Aubrey Shenstone had not been a good father in any sense of the\u003cbr\u003eword. He had not been harsh or cruel, but he had altogether neglected\u003cbr\u003ehis son. Beyond the virtues of loyalty and courage, he possessed few\u003cbr\u003eothers. He had fought, as a young man, for Charles, and even among\u003cbr\u003ethe Cavaliers who rode behind Prince Rupert was noted for reckless\u003cbr\u003ebravery. When, on the fatal field of Worcester, the last hopes of the\u003cbr\u003eRoyalists were crushed, he had effected his escape to France and\u003cbr\u003etaken up his abode at Dunkirk. His estates had been forfeited; and\u003cbr\u003eafter spending the proceeds of his wife's jewels and those he had\u003cbr\u003ecarried about with him in case fortune went against the cause for\u003cbr\u003ewhich he fought, he sank lower and lower, and had for years lived on\u003cbr\u003ethe scanty pension allowed by Louis to the King and his adherents.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083065934064,"sku":"2940013658974","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013658974_p0.jpg?v=1763583593","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013658974","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}