Listen "20: EI Weekly Listen – Vanessa Harding: Remembering London's last Great Plague"
Episode Synopsis
London's response to its last plague epidemic involved close collaboration between crown, City and parish. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/living-with-the-great-plague-of-1665/
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https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/living-with-the-great-plague-of-1665/
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