A Journal of the Plague Year

The novel is a fictionalised account of one mans experiences of the year 1665 in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. Although it purports to have been written only a few years after the event it actually was written in the years just prior to the books first publication in March 1722. Defoe was only five years old in 1665 and the book itself was published under the initials H. F. The novel probably was based on the journals of Defoes uncle Henry Foe.