Description and condition:

Black boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 213pp, index, bibliography, b/w illustrations.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good dustcover.

Contents:

Plague and society; the great plague in London; the plague in the provinces; policy and plague; the great plague in perspective; notes; bibliography. “This enthralling study examines the nature of the disease and contemporary opinions regarding its cause together with the measures taken by both national and local government to restrict its spread and to deal with its victims. Well illustrated with contemporary and near-contemporary material The Great Plague is the ideal detailed study of the most famous killer in British history.”