The Plague and the FireDocumented account of the plague and the fire which de- vasted London in 1665 and 1666, respectively. |
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User Review - Eurydice - LibraryThingNice in actually combining the disasters that struck London in those consecutive years, Leasor nevertheless takes a naive view of history. Read full review
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| Title | The Plague and the Fire Volume 116 of An Avon book |
| Author | James Leasor |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 280 pages |
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