What a better thing it is to have this account of a pandemic four hundred years ago, that gives a window into how little humans change and how little we learn and thus repeat the exact same mistakes

The plague killed Belle’s mom!

Many parallels with the Coronavirus pandemic and therefore a must-read. Instructive, prophetic. Uncertain? Here is what will happen!

Fascinating account of the London plague of 1665. Very interesting to learn how well organized the response by the city government was. Defoe gives examples of strategies people used to deal with the plague spending the most time on those that were successful. Changed my perspective on life in the 1600's. Well worth the read.