A Journal of the Plague Year [Illustrated]

by Daniel Defoe, Amanda Lee (Editor)

Overview

The book was written based on the real observations and memorials of Daniel Defoe. The author describes London in 1665 and tells the reader about the most remarkable public and private happenings and occurrences in the city by that time. The book is a mixture of fiction and history, revealing the great plague, which swept London by that time, in a dramatic and realistic way.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012815309
Publisher:	Five Star Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	192 KB

About the Author

London-born Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) pursued a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, secret agent, and political pamphleteer. He wrote books on economics, history, biography, and crime. But he is best remembered for his fiction, which he began to write late in his life and which includes the novels Moll Flanders, Roxana, and the celebrated Robinson Crusoe.