A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR - While not strictly the first person account Daniel Defoe claims, it is quite possible that the book was based on the diaries of his uncle, Henry Foe, a saddler, and backed up by thorough research. He details the progress of the plague through London's districts how the city attempted to fight it, and describes the horror of the carts piled high with the dead. He also examines the effects of the plague on the human psyche, personified by Solomon Eagle, renowned for parading naked with a burning pan of charcoal on his head, denouncing the sins of the city.

Whether a novel or history or something in between, the book is packed with incident and insight, as well as statistics and intriguing facts, making a brilliant account of a city and its people in a terrible time.

Condition: Very Good - Author: Daniel Defoe - Publisher: Arcturus - Pages: 208 - Hardback