This book is ideal for school project work or for those who want an 'at-a-glance' overview of The Great Plague. Complete with descriptions of the key events of the plague, it explains how it started and spread, how it affected its victims and how London was affected during the outbreak.

An ideal topic for study of an aspect of British history that extends pupil's chronological knowledge at KS2. The timeline, glossary and clearly-headed spreads make it easy to refer to essential dates, facts and personalities. Maps, contemporary paintings and pictures of artefacts all help bring the topic to life.

This book is part of a book series called All About .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Gillian Chapman is a designer specializing in children's books. Pam Robson is a writer and primary teacher.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What is plague? The plague is back!
• 2: "A vast rain of fire. "
• 3: Plague carriers
• 4: Images and charms
• 5: The Great Plague in London
• 6: "I saw the comet. "
• 7: The streets of London
• 8: Outside the City of London
• 9: London's highway
• 10: Samuel Pepys: eyewitness
• 11: Pepys' diary of the Great Plague
• 12: The `king's touch'
• 13: Nine o'clock curfew
• 14: Herbal remedies
• 15: The silent city
• 16: Plague orders
• 17: Physicians flee
• 18: Plague pits
• 19: Then and now. Fact and fiction?
• 20: Fewer deaths
• 21: Preventing plague
• 22: Glossary
• 23: Index