A Journal of the Plague Year

A Journal of the Plague Year is Defoe's fictional reconstruction of the effects of the Great Plague of 1665 on London. He brings vividly to life the devastation and suffering wrought by the disease,and its effect on the city. This revised edition includes comprehensive notes, a complete topographical index, and a new introduction.

Louis Landa was Professor of English Emeritus at Princeton University. David Roberts is Professor of English at Birmingham City University.

The London of an earlier period - 1665 - is brought vividly and pungently back to life. |s Cannock and Rugeley Chronicle |d 14/10/2010