A review by slferg
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

5.0

Interesting tale of the progression of the plague through London the year before the great fire that destroyed most of London. He relates stories of people who left London to get away from the plague and stories of those who stayed. The technique of locking families in houses once the plague broke out there, ws not considered effective. By the time the officials learned of the sickness in the house many people had left and further spread the infection. The cause of the plague was not known at the time - the main theory being that it was spread through the air - a miasma, inhaling air that came from others with the disease.