01213cam a2200265 4500 702848710 TxAuBib 20230412120000.0 230314s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023011872 9781982186142 HRD 27.99 1982186143 HRD 27.99 TxAuBib Beanland, Rachel, author. The house is on fire [BOOK] / Rachel Beanland. 1st Simon & Schuster hc ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. 375 pages ; 24 cm. Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community. 20230412. Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va) Fire, 1811 Fiction. Richmond (Va) History 19th century Fiction. Virginia Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction.