Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. Crime
  3. Historical crime

Read and listen for free for 14 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
3.9(16)
James Marwood & Cat Lovett

The Ashes of London

The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series

‘This is terrific stuff’ Daily Telegraph

‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times

‘A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot’ The Times

Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!

A CITY IN FLAMES

London, 1666. As the Great Fire consumes everything in its path, the body of a man is found in the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral – stabbed in the neck, thumbs tied behind his back.

A WOMAN ON THE RUN

The son of a traitor, James Marwood is forced to hunt the killer through the city’s devastated streets. There he encounters a determined young woman, who will stop at nothing to secure her freedom.

A KILLER SEEKING REVENGE

When a second murder victim is discovered in the Fleet Ditch, Marwood is drawn into the political and religious intrigue of Westminster – and across the path of a killer with nothing to lose…


Author:

  • Andrew Taylor

Narrator:

  • Leighton Pugh

Series:

  • Volume 1 in James Marwood & Cat Lovett

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 12 h 50 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Crime
  • Historical crime

More by Andrew Taylor

Skip the list
  1. The American Boy

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  2. How to Be Kind : Little Examples of Selflessness and Courtesy

    Andrew Taylor

    book
  3. A Schooling in Murder

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  4. Microsoft Intune Cookbook : Over 75 recipes for configuring, managing, and automating your identities, apps, and endpoint devices

    Andrew Taylor

    book
  5. The Shadows of London

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  6. The Royal Secret

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  7. Bibliomysteries Volume 1

    Jeffery Deaver, C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Peter Blauner, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, William Link, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins, Andrew Taylor, David Bell

    audiobook
  8. The Last Protector

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  9. The Second Midnight

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  10. The King’s Evil

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  11. Den tavse dreng

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobookbook
  12. Blodrøde spor

    Andrew Taylor

    book

James Marwood & Cat Lovett Series

Skip the list
  1. The Fire Court: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  2. The King’s Evil

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook
  3. The Last Protector

    Andrew Taylor

    audiobook

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. The Venetian Venture

    Suzette A. Hill

    audiobook
  2. Murder at Greysbridge

    Andrea Carter

    audiobook
  3. Love and Murder in the Time of Covid

    Qiu Xiaolong

    audiobook
  4. The Well of Ice

    Andrea Carter

    audiobook
  5. A Matter of Murder

    Ann Granger

    audiobook
  6. The Demon's Parchment

    Jeri Westerson

    audiobook
  7. Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail

    Emily Brightwell

    audiobook
  8. Farewell Blues

    Maggie Robinson

    audiobook
  9. The Marsh Queen

    Virginia Hartman

    audiobookbook
  10. Murder on the Golden Arrow

    Magda Alexander

    audiobook
  11. Murder in the Valleys : Lambert and Havard, book 1

    Pippa McCathie

    audiobook
  12. Fall of Angels

    Barbara Cleverly

    audiobook

  • 31 books

    Andrew Taylor

    Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA’s prestigious Diamond Dagger.

    Read more

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5