The Ashes of London

Rounding this one up, more because i can see the characters developing and also because I do enjoy the period that was so transformational, and one that I fell in love with reading Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. I will line up the next ones but I will first go back and pickup [b:An Instance of the Fingerpost 15888 An Instance of the Fingerpost Iain Pears https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548147833l/15888.SY75.jpg 950198] which I remember fondly when I read it when it first came out.