Victoria asked Kevin Sands:

Hi! Me and my friend are doing little research about the Great fire of London and if it will affect any places mentioned in the book. We’re almost sure that for example the Apothecaries’ guild Great Hall won’t make it but we still don’t know about Blackthorn. We think it’s somewhere at the edge of the fire. Do you think you could tell us if the shop will burn down or at least some hints where‘s the building located?

Kevin Sands I've actually been deliberately vague in the books about the exact location for this very reason—because sometime in the future I may wish to write a Blackthorn Key adventure that takes place during the Great Fire, and I don't want to spoil anything. I will say that Blackthorn—and Tom's family home, which is just a few streets away—is in the northeastern part of the city, very near the boundary of where the Great Fire burns...but whether it's on the good or bad side, I will not say!

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