Doom of London

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction

Authors: Fred M. White In Year : 1903

Book Language: English

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The Four White Days
The Four Days' Night
The Dust of Death
A Bubble Burst
The Invisible Force
The River of Death

Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazine. The tales depict (1) a deep freeze and unprecedented snowfall; (2) a heavy, blinding, paralyzing blanket of fog; (3) a widespread killer virus; (4) a fraudulent scheme causing financial panic; (5) a minor electrical accident in a tunnel that spirals into catastrophe; and (6) most of the city’s water supply, reportedly contaminated with deadly bubonic bacillus, puts the population in great fear of plague. Is the word “doom” in the book's title accurate, or is it just hyperbole? (Lee Smalley)