The Burning Time

“This gruesomely entertaining book examines the Tudor zeal for burning people in the name of religion . . . it both ‘purifies’ and leaves little or no trace.” — The Times of London , “Book of the Week” Smithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St. Bartholomew’s Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London’s most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield had another,