Emma's Reviews > The Ashes of London

I really enjoyed this even though it was pretty slow going and there wasn’t too much of a story! The main characters were fairly sketchily portrayed and hard to rout for. So how can this be you ask..well..I loved all the historical details. I’ve read a little around the Restoration period so know the basic timeline, but it all made so much more sense within the context of the fire of London- the scrabbling for funds to start clearing up and rebuilding London; the competition for contracts to redesign prominent buildings; the caution still necessary in discussing politics or religion; switched allegiances from Cromwell to monarchy. Do you become a Regicide for political reasons or because you wish to replace the monarch with King Jesus and the cause of religious fanaticism... I’m not normally interested in the monarchy as such in historical fiction, but the author does a good job of presenting Charles II in a human light. Recommended for the history if you can handle a slow burn on the story.