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A Journal of the Plague Year : Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, As Well (Penguin Classics)
A Journal of the Plague Year Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences As Well - Penguin Classics Author:Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe's classic account of a city under siege by the Black Plague carries the listener across four centuries and steeps him in the terror of assault by a relentless and implacable foe. Silent, mysterious, lethal, its cause locked in a science yet unborn, the Black Death killed one third of Europe's population with democratic disregard of... more » age, position or entitlement.« less