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Eyewitness Accounts London's Great Plague Samuel Pepys

Eyewitness Accounts London's Great Plague By Samuel Pepys

Eyewitness Accounts London's Great Plague by Samuel Pepys


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The latest title in Amberley's new series of Eyewitness Accounts bringing history, warfare, disaster, travel and exploration to life, written by people who could say, 'I was there!'

Eyewitness Accounts London's Great Plague Summary

Eyewitness Accounts London's Great Plague by Samuel Pepys

On 30 April 1665, the diarist Samuel Pepys recorded the first rumours that the bubonic plague was spreading through London: 'Great fears of the sickness here in the City - God preserve us all!' Thought to have come by ship from Amsterdam, which had been ravaged by the disease for two years, the Plague reached its height in August and September 1665, when over 7,000 Londoners were dying every week. The disease continued until the Great Fire of London in September 1666. Throughout the long summer when the Plague was at its worst, Pepys stayed in the city and his diary is one of the most vivid accounts of what became known as the Great Plague.

About Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys was appointed to the position of Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board in July 1660, rising to become an MP and Chief Secretary to the Admiralty. His diary, which he kept for almost ten years, is a vivid account of some of the most momentous events of seventeenth-century England.

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GOR005871923
9781445637822
1445637820
Eyewitness Accounts London's Great Plague by Samuel Pepys
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Amberley Publishing
20140415
192
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