Written about the Plague in London in 1665.
Daniel Defoe was also the author of Robinson Crusoe.
My parents bought this paperback in the early 1960s, price 50 cents.
Scary reading!
PS. it was written about 1720
Steve W
Another one is Bocaccio's The Decameron, 10 people for 10 days isolated and each person told a story a day. Set during the 14th century Black Death plague.
John Barry's book on the 1918 flu is kinda topical...
[ame="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Influenza-Deadliest-Pandemic-History/dp/0143036491/ref=nodl_"]The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History: Barry, John M.: 9780143036494: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]
I was required to read that in Western European history class. Not much more fun to read than watching the current daily news. Very matter of fact and clinical documentary.