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  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New Ed edition (19 Jun 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750932635
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750932639
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,210 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The bubonic plague epidemic which struck England in 1665-6 was responsible for the deaths of 20 per cent of London's population. Its sheer scale was overwhelming and it was well-recorded, featuring in the works of Pepys and Defoe and described in terrible detail in the contemporary Bills of Mortality. This book paints a portrait of a society threatened by a killer disease which it was powerless to control. Often remembered because of its devastating impact on London, the plague struck other urban communities as well, carrying off half the population of Colchester and causing high mortality in cities such as Norwich and Cambridge. Nor were country villages spared, with Eyam in Derbyshire - where the inhabitants sealed themselves off to prevent the spread of the disease and a third of the inhabitants died - being the most famous. This work describes the disease and how people at the time thought it was caused. It gives details of the treatments available (such as they were) and evokes its impact on the country. We will probably never know the reasons for the disappearance of the bubonic plague from England after 1665. What is clear is the fascination the subject still holds.

About the Author
Stephen Porter is a leading urban historian. He works as Assistant Editor with the Survey of London section of English Heritage. He is the author of The Great Fire of London (Sutton) and Destruction in the English Civil Wars (Sutton). He lives in London.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The full scale of the plague, 16 Oct 2004
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Stephen Porter brings home the reality of the plague and devastation wrought on the whole of the country, not just London.
His marrying together of contemporary writings and facts that are currently available makes for an easier read than I expected. It could all too easily have been a mere listing of death statistics.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well researched, 8 Jun 2008
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A very well researched, short account of the plague of 1665, which although serious in London and other large towns and across the south and east of England, killing some 15-20% of the population there, hardly affected the west and north, unlike the much more universal pandemic of 1348-9. In places, this is perhaps a little dry and could perhaps have benefited from a chapter describing the effects on a typical town, on the analogy of the chapter describing the effects on a fictional village in Phip Ziegler's book on the Black Death. One noteworthy point is how remarkably quickly most of the affected areas recovered afterwards.
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