A Journal of the Plague Year

Classic 1722 account of the epidemic that ravaged England nearly 60 yearsearlier. Defoe used his considerable talents as a journalist and novelist toreconstruct... » 

Classic 1722 account of the epidemic that ravaged England nearly 60 yearsearlier. Defoe used his considerable talents as a journalist and novelist toreconstructhistorically and fictionallythe Great Plague of London in 166465. Written as an eyewitness report the novel abounds in memorable andrealistic details. «