In 1665 the Plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives.
And every living citizen he meets has a horrifying story that demands to be heard..
Here we see a city transformed: some of its streets suspiciously empty, some - with crosses on their doors - overwhelmingly full of the sounds and smells of human suffering. '
A Journal' (1722) follows Defoe's fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the Plague through the streets of London.
Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims.
In 1665 the Plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives
