Illustrated Journal of the Plague Year: 300th Anniversary Edition
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A nice illustrated edition of this classic to commemorate the 300th anniversary of its publication. This book is very relevant in the face of the 2020 world-wide pandemic. Use desertcart's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. Our version has all the original text and 18 illustrations and maps. Do the following edicts sound familiar in this day of coronavirus and instructions from the CDC? Well -- these are verbatim from orders posted in 1665 during the plague in London as contained in this journal. We should have heeded these rules a long time ago. “As soon as any man shall be found to be sick of the plague, he shall the same night be sequestered in the same house." “If any person shall have visited any man known to be infected of the plague, or entered willingly into any known infected house, being not allowed, the house wherein he inhabiteth shall be shut up for certain days by the examiner’s direction." “All public assemblies at burials are to be foreborne during the continuance of this visitation." “That where several inmates are in one and the same house, and any person in that house happens to be infected, no other person or family of such house shall be suffered to remove him or themselves." “That all plays, bear-baitings, games, singing of ballads, buckler-play, or such-like causes of assemblies of people be utterly prohibited." “That all public feasting, and particularly by the companies of this city, and dinners at taverns, ale-houses, and other places of common entertainment, be forborne." A Journal of the Plague Year was published in 1722 as an account of one man's experiences during 1665 when the bubonic plague struck the city of London. Known as the Great Plague of London, it was the last such major epidemic in that city. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings. Defoe was only five years old in 1665 when the Great Plague took place, and the book itself was published under the initials H. F. and is probably based on the journals of Defoe's uncle, Henry Foe. The book goes into great detail, providing tables of casualty figures. The book is often compared to the actual, contemporary accounts of the plague in the diary of Samuel Pepys. Review: An excellent book on a terrible epidemic! - This book I purchased for my reading, and not for my collector’s bookshelf! Like my collector’s edition, this too, was written by Defoe. However, this book contains illustrations, the original book had none. I can also find some parts were edited. There is nothing wrong with editing as long as it was done in an honesty and professionally. This book was a very professional edition!! This book should be a valuable edition to any healthcare professionals bookshelf! John SmithkeyIII, BSN, RN, LSN Review: Fascinating Read especially during this time of Coronavirus - I found this book interesting especially because we are now suffering a pandemic.What I found most interesting was that there was suppression of the count of casualties in 1665. The wealthy got out of London, of course, and the legislators protected themselves. Even though Daniel Defoe probably based this book on the journals of his uncle, it rings true and is informative. I recommend this book.
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J**N
An excellent book on a terrible epidemic!
This book I purchased for my reading, and not for my collector’s bookshelf! Like my collector’s edition, this too, was written by Defoe. However, this book contains illustrations, the original book had none. I can also find some parts were edited. There is nothing wrong with editing as long as it was done in an honesty and professionally. This book was a very professional edition!! This book should be a valuable edition to any healthcare professionals bookshelf! John SmithkeyIII, BSN, RN, LSN
P**H
Fascinating Read especially during this time of Coronavirus
I found this book interesting especially because we are now suffering a pandemic.What I found most interesting was that there was suppression of the count of casualties in 1665. The wealthy got out of London, of course, and the legislators protected themselves. Even though Daniel Defoe probably based this book on the journals of his uncle, it rings true and is informative. I recommend this book.
G**E
Read it , COVID 19 and plague in 1665 Both BAD
This was a difficult book to read. However bad we think we have it due to COVID 19 the Plague in 1665 was worse. There are so many similarities!
M**L
Very good all around
Quick delivery good condition
L**C
Written in older English
Once you get used to the syntax, it is an interesting read. How people react to stress hasn't changed.
T**S
A real slog! Great read, but a real slog!
I read only non-fiction--I've trudged through some heart-breakers but this, THIS is something else completely! You have to remember that this author is not at a computer or even an old typewriter. He had to be sitting inside his home, a pot of ink and a pen (in hand,) while people of all walks and stations of life are dying around him. He seems to know his journals will be read for ages--so, he buckles down and writes everything he knows and thinks he knows. From the earliest part of this book, he reveals that he has turned his health and future over to God. He AND YOU will become believers in the safe passage he somehow receives. He's merely a statistician for many pages; his ancient English usage drags on so badly, you, like I, will be tempted to put this book away for another time--or never. Do muddle through, though. When you think back on what the average educational level was for London's poorest, getting past all the regulations that were set in stone during the plague(s), it is unimaginable that the failure to understand even 10% of it sickened or killed more people than it protected. This will be slower-moving than you're used to--as a student of illness and death, you'll realize just how many similarities there are to what this world just experienced.
N**G
The most interesting and slowest book I have ever read!
The account itself is straightforward to read; however, I found some descriptions need to be more concise. Reflecting upon when this was initially published, the extra detail is accurate. I enjoyed the read, but by page 180, I found myself less and less interested as most of the close details with Covid were done, and the information provided was familiar to me. I would reread the book for studies, but I don't know if I would for pleasure. The similarities with Covid were striking and exciting. I laughed upon his reflection of "not a horse in sight" to our lack of toilet paper during Covid. The death counts, locations, and such were all very interesting, along with his account. I wish it were a faster read with fewer unnecessary details.
K**D
Don't buy it
Very little illustration feel foolish buying it and not worth $10.
F**N
Vapourware I can’t refund
Doesn’t even work on kindle.
B**N
Be PREPARED
Should there be another Black Death this manual will be invaluable.
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