This book is written by David Orme titled Plaque, in a series of books called Sharp Shades.
Basically, this book is about plaque, a dreadful illness that has caused millions of death throughout history. The Great Plaque of 1665, described in this story, was the last great outbreak of plaque in Britain, causing over 100,000 deaths in London alone.
Henry is a boy living in the period of the plaque. His family consist of him, his parents and a brother, Jasper. His father worked as a saddler. Master Coulter was one of his customers and a good friend. I wanted to be an apothecary and was hence apprenticed to Master Coulter.
When the deadly plaque struck the whole city, Henry's father died and his mother and brother escaped the city to their uncle's farm, leaving Henry all alone to attend to his father's funeral.
After much trouble, poor Henry finally managed to find a person to give his father a proper burial. Then, Henry tries to escape the city by swimming across the Thames river to Camberwell- where his uncle's farm is.
After much hardships, he finally managed to swim across the river. However, at this point of time, the poor boy was down with the deadly plaque. He lie down on the roadside and prepared himself to die.
However, his life wasn't coming to an end. His brother found him lying by the roadside and at once knew that Henry had contacted the deadly plaque. He brought him back to the farm and nursed him, hopping that Henry would recover. Indeed, Henry recovered. It is really a miracle that Henry could survive. Knowing that survivors from the plaque would rarely get it a second time, Henry immediately headed back for the city, to his master's house and continue learning from him.
Basically, this book is about plaque, a dreadful illness that has caused millions of death throughout history. The Great Plaque of 1665, described in this story, was the last great outbreak of plaque in Britain, causing over 100,000 deaths in London alone.
Henry is a boy living in the period of the plaque. His family consist of him, his parents and a brother, Jasper. His father worked as a saddler. Master Coulter was one of his customers and a good friend. I wanted to be an apothecary and was hence apprenticed to Master Coulter.
When the deadly plaque struck the whole city, Henry's father died and his mother and brother escaped the city to their uncle's farm, leaving Henry all alone to attend to his father's funeral.
After much trouble, poor Henry finally managed to find a person to give his father a proper burial. Then, Henry tries to escape the city by swimming across the Thames river to Camberwell- where his uncle's farm is.
After much hardships, he finally managed to swim across the river. However, at this point of time, the poor boy was down with the deadly plaque. He lie down on the roadside and prepared himself to die.
However, his life wasn't coming to an end. His brother found him lying by the roadside and at once knew that Henry had contacted the deadly plaque. He brought him back to the farm and nursed him, hopping that Henry would recover. Indeed, Henry recovered. It is really a miracle that Henry could survive. Knowing that survivors from the plaque would rarely get it a second time, Henry immediately headed back for the city, to his master's house and continue learning from him.
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