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A grisly trip into the plague of 1665 in London and the story of a recent excavation were archaeologists came face to face with the victims of one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity.
Resources and further reading:
- historic-uk.com/Historymagazine/DestinationsUK/LondonPlaguepits
- Samuel Pepys Diary www.pepysdiary.com/diary
- Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year.
- The Museum Of London www.museumoflondon.org.uk
- Vanessa Harding (2002) The Dead and the Living in Paris and London 1500-1670. Cambridge University Press.
- Rebecca Ridel 1666. Plague, War, Hellfire
- Bills of Mortality www.billsofmortality.org
- Timelime documnentary The Pandemic That Shook London: The Great Plague.
- (find on youtube).
- Checkout thebonestories_podcast on instagram to see pictures that accompany this episode.
- Music by Keith Anthony Holden.
