The mid-1660s plague outbreak in London is often conflated with the 1666 Great Fire in the public imagination, as well as in more than a few history books too. Here's a rather fine lecture on the 1665 outbreak, from Vanessa Harding of Gresham College:
The Prospect of the City, my 1666-set novel,is available here.
Published on June 02, 2016 07:12