Vanessa Harding: Remembering London’s last Great Plague

April 3, 2021

London's response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, City and parish. Read by Leighton Pugh.

Great Plague London
Kitty Shannon's 1926 illustration of the Great Plague of London, 1665. Credit: Culture Club / Getty Images.

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