04.05 - The Great Plague of London

The Bubonic Plague, Yersinia Pestis, arrives in London at the end of 1664. By the end of 1665, it will have killed 200,000 people all across England and Wales.

• Evelyn Lord, The Great Plague: A People's History.
• Dorothy Moote, The great plague: the story of London's most deadly year.
• Charles River, The Great Plague of London: The History and Legacy of England’s Last Major Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire.

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