THE DOOM OF LONDON is a collection of six loosely-connected stories describing a series of calamities which beset Victorian London. Britain's largest city is overwhelmed by poisonous smog a plague of diphtheria a massive blizzard underground explosions the pollution of the Thames and a man-made disaster: stock market manipulation threatens to undermine the empire.. Frederick Merrick White (1859-c.1931) was a British author known for his early spy stories. He published more than thirty books during his career.. This unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected.