Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
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April 1665 - when the cry of 'Bring out your dead' sent a chill through every household ...With a telling eye for detail Harrison Ainsworth unrolls his sweeping, colourful panorama of a Restoration London beset by twin disasters ... the Great Plague and the Fire of London ...The profligate Earl of Rochester, the frenzied Salvationist Solomon Eagle, the abominable undertaker Chowles and Judith Malmayns, the venal plague nurse, companions in iniquity, add a nightmare dimension to the adventures of dauntless Leonard Holt and the lovely Amabel in the stricken ...Dominating this spectacular story o...
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- OLD SAINT PAUL'S, A TALE OF THE PLAGUE AND THE FIRE
- OLD SAINT PAUL'S.
- BOOK THE FIRST.—APRIL, 1665.
- I. THE GROCER OF WOOD-STREET AND HIS FAMILY.
- II. THE COFFIN-MAKER.
- III. THE GAMESTER AND THE BULLY.
- IV. THE INTERVIEW.
- V. THE POMANDER-BOX.
- VI. THE LIBERTINE PUNISHED.
- "MARGARET."
- VII. THE PLAGUE NURSE.
- VIII. THE MOSAICAL RODS.
- IX. THE MINIATURE.
- X. THE DUEL.
- BOOK THE SECOND.
- MAY, 1665.
- I. PROGRESS OF THE PESTILENCE.
- II. IN WHAT MANNER THE GROCER VICTUALLED HIS HOUSE.
- III. THE QUACK DOCTORS.
- IV. THE TWO WATCHMEN.
- V. THE BLIND PIPER AND HIS DAUGHTER
- VI. OLD LONDON FROM OLD SAINT PAUL'S.
- VII. PAUL'S WALK.
- VIII. THE AMULET.
- IX. HOW LEONARD WAS CURED OF THE PLAGUE.
- X. THE PEST-HOUSE IN FINSBURY FIELDS.
- XI. HOW THE GROCER SHUT UP HIS HOUSE.
- BOOK THE THIRD.
- JUNE, 1665.
- I. THE IMPRISONED FAMILY.
- II. HOW FIRES WERE LIGHTED IN THE STREETS.
- III. THE DANCE OF DEATH.
- IV. THE PLAGUE-PIT.
- V. HOW SAINT PATHOS WAS USED AS A PEST-HOUSE.
- VI. THE DEPARTURE.
- VII. THE JOURNEY.
- VIII. ASHDOWN LODGE.
- IX. KINGSTON LISLE.
- BOOK THE FOURTH.
- SEPTEMBER, 1665.
- I. THE PLAGUE AT ITS HEIGHT.
- II. THE SECOND PLAGUE-PIT.
- III. THE HOUSE IN NICHOLAS-LANE.
- IV. THE TRIALS OF AMABEL.
- V. THE MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
- VI. THE CERTIFICATE.
- BOOK THE FIFTH.
- DECEMBER, 1665.
- I. THE DECLINE OF THE PLAGUE.
- II. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING.
- BOOK THE SIXTH.
- SEPTEMBER, 1666.
- I. THE FIRE-HALL.
- II. THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRE.
- III. PROGRESS OF THE FIRE.
- IV. LEONARD'S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING.
- V. HOW LEONARD SAVED THE KING'S LIFE.
- VI. HOW THE GROCER'S HOUSE WAS BURNT.
- VII. THE BURNING OF SAINT PAUL'S.
- VIII. HOW LEONARD RESCUED THE LADY ISABELLA.
- IX. WHAT BEFEL CHOWLES AND JUDITH IN THE VAULTS OF SAINT FAITH'S.
- X.
- CONCLUSION.
- THE END.
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