1603-1714, stuarts

After spending three years apart, eighteen-year-old Susanna is eager to be reunited with her fiance Will who is due to arrive from London so that they can be married, but it is the summer of 1665 and, unbeknownst to Susanna, the plague is beginning to spread throughout the city.

Examines the events leading up to and the political legacy of the bloodless English overthrow of its monarchy.

Explains what it was like to travel around England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and discusses how different literary works portrayed the English traveler.

Draws from firsthand accounts and original documents to examine the major events of 1603 in the history of Great Britian, discussing the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the rise of the Stuarts, the resurgence of the plague, witch hunts, the establishment of a new spice route, literary accomplishments, and other topics.

In June 1665, excited at the prospect of coming to London to work at her sister Sarah's candy shop, teenaged Hannah is unconcerned about rumors of Plague until, as the hot summer advances and increasing numbers of people succumb to the disease, she and Sarah find themselves trapped in the city with no means of escape.

Nell Bullen recounts the horror of the Great London Plague of 1665 and how the "Circle of Death" was drawn around her village to keep the disease from spreading to neighboring towns.