Year of Wonders

By Geraldine Brooks

Subjects: Plague -- Fiction., Historical fiction, History, Plague in fiction, Great Britain in fiction, Fiction, Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction., Fiction, historical, general, Plague, New York Times reviewed, Great britain, fiction

Description: This is the story of a young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the year of 1666, when plague suddenly visits her small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charismatic preacher, elect to quarantine themselves.