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04.05 - The Great Plague of London

Pax Britannica by Samuel Hume

Nov 10, 202531:58Society & Culture

The Bubonic Plague, Yersinia Pestis, arrives in London at the end of 1664. By the end of 1665, it will have killed 200,000 people all across England and Wales. Evelyn Lord, The Great Plague: A People's History. Dorothy M...

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