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Thanks - glad you enjoyed it.
It is London based because the subject is the Great Plague of
London in 1665, that and the Great Fire a year later had quite a
major historical impact on the city. most of the places mentioned still
exist and even the sites of some of the plague pits are protected from
building development. For a Londoner like me, that makes it all the
more poignant.
Bear in mind that though fictional, it is almost certainly based on
anecdotes from people who lived through the event and the numbers
in the Bills of Moratlity are real. It is reckoned that 15% of the population
died during that period.
Whilst gruesome, it is heartening to see how social solidarity and empathy
appeared, across all classes and faiths, in the face of a common threat.
I'm not sure the same would happen these days.
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