• English Village Sacrificed to Plague (Part 1)

  • Nov 18 2024
  • Length: 47 mins
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English Village Sacrificed to Plague (Part 1)

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  • (Part 1/2) They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice.


    Maddy tells Anthony the story. Today we set the scene with the outbreak of the plague in London and how the pestilence arrived, via a bolt of cloth, in the village of Eyam.


    With special guest Rebecca Rideal, author of "1666: Plague, War and Hellfire".


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