The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665

Name: The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665
Author: Daniel Defoe

containing observations and memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, both public and private, during that dreadful period

by Daniel Defoe · 1895

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This account of the Great Plague of London (1664-65) was first published in 1722. In it Defoe describes the horrifying daily events in London city as it was besieged by bubonic plague.

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