Repent or Burn

I've heard about the Great Fire for years but never had a chance to dig into it.  This book is a fine introduction.  I won't go on about it but will offer this one little scene from the procession to the gallows of the man who confessed to starting the fire (although he probably didn't do it):

"A wax effigy of the Pope, containing a number of trussed live cats, was paraded through the streets ahead of the slow procession and then set alight.  The terrible screeching of the animals as they perished in the flames served only to delight the mob further.  Shaking with terror, Hubert [the condemned man] slumped deeper into the bottom of the cart as it rumbled toward Tyburn."