Old Saint Paul's, Vol. 1 of 3

Download or read book Old Saint Paul's, Vol. 1 of 3 written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Saint Paul's, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire The portion of the ensuing Tale relating to the Grocer of Wood Street, and his manner of victualling his house, and shutting up himself and his family within it during the worst part of the pestilence of 1665, is founded on a narrative, which I have followed pretty closely in most of its details, contained in a very rare little volume, entitled "Preparations against the Plague both of Soul and Body," the authorship of which I have no hesitation in assigning to Defoe. Indeed, I venture to pronounce it his master-piece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.