A Journal of the Plague Year - Paperback
by Daniel Defoe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel Defoe, Jason GoodwinSeries:Modern Library ClassicsPublish date:2001-11-13Pages:272
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375757891ISBN-10:375757899UPC:9780375757891Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Fantasy, ClassicsSize:8.10 x 5.16 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC7T0DBPEW
Defoe's account of the bubonic plague that swept London in 1665 remains as vivid as it is harrowing. Based on Defoe's own childhood memories and prodigious research, A Journal of the Plague Year walks the line between fiction, history, and reportage. In meticulous and unsentimental detail it renders the daily life of a city under siege; the often gruesome medical precautions and practices of the time; the mass panics of a frightened citizenry; and the solitary travails of Defoe's narrator, a man who decides to remain in the city through it all, chronicling the course of events with an unwavering eye. Defoe's Journal remains perhaps the greatest account of a natural disaster ever written. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the original edition published in 1722.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375757891ISBN-10:375757899UPC:9780375757891Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Fantasy, ClassicsSize:8.10 x 5.16 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC7T0DBPEW
Jason Goodwin's works include Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire; A Time for Tea: Travels Through China and India in Search of Tea; and On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul.
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