Written in 1722, this is an account of the epidemic of bubonic plague that ravaged England in 1665 and 1666, and is generally known as the Great Plague of London. One of the last major outbreaks of the disease in Europe, it led to the death of about 100,000 people in just 18 months. Although Defoe wrote this 60 years after the fact and told the story through the eyes of a fictional character, this may as well be a factual report of the events. […]
Bring Out Your Dead
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
