A novel based around the true story of how the plague was brought to the tiny Derbyshire village of Eyam in a bolt of cloth from London, and how, inspired by the local preacher, elected to quarantine themselves in order to limit the spread of the disease. "...leaves us with the memory of vivid characters struggling in timeless human ways with the hardships confronting them." Arthur Golden.
A novel based around the true story of how the plague was brought to the tiny Derbyshire village of Eyam in a bolt of cloth from London, and how, inspired by the local preacher, elected to quarantine themselves in order to limit the spread of the disease