The Plagues of London

Plague was the most deadly disease across Europe for more than 400 years after the onset of the Black Death in the 1340s. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption which it caused, and the literature which it generated, plague has cast a very long shadow, and its reputation is such that it still makes headlines and has the capacity to frighten. As England’s biggest city and an international seaport, London was especially vulnerable and suffered periodic ep