Old Saint Paul'S A Tale Of The Plague And The Fire

Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire is a historical novel by William Harrison Ainsworth, published in 1841. The story is set in London in the 17th century, during the reign of King Charles II, and tells of the events leading up to the Great Fire of London and the outbreak of the plague. The novel follows a group of characters who live and work in the vicinity of Old Saint Paul's Cathedral. The protagonist is a young man named Leonard Holt, who falls in love with the daughter of ...