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    A Plague on Mr Pepys: The Women of Pepys' Diary

    By Deborah Swift

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    The second novel in the Mr Pepys series by popular historical novelist Deborah Swift, featuring the Great Plague

    Sometimes money costs too much.

     The Great Plague has London in its grip. As the summer heat rises, red crosses mark the doors, wealthy citizens flee and only the poor remain to face the march of death.

     

    Ambitious and attractive, Bess Bagwell is determined her carpenter husband, Will, should make a name for himself and schemes to meet Samuel Pepys, diarist, friend of the King and an important man in the Navy shipyards.

     But Pepys has his own motive for cultivating Bess, and it’s certainly not to benefit her husband.

     With pestilence rife in the city, all trade ceases. Will is forced to invest in his unscrupulous cousin Jack’s dubious ‘cure’ for the pestilence which horrifies Bess and leaves them deeper in debt.

     Now they are desperate for money and the dreaded disease is moving ever closer. Will Pepys honour his promises or break them?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccent Press
    Release dateJul 5, 2018
    ISBN9781786154163
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    • 3/5
      What I like most about this second instalment in Deborah Swift’s Pepys series is the feeling of “being there”. This is an author with a gift of bringing the past to life, be it by sight, sound, or smell. The depiction of the plague is especially good. Not just the description of the disease, but of how it effects people emotionally. It’s like a miasma of fear hanging over everyone.The plot itself is vastly different to Book One. This time, we have more focus on the domestic life of a husband and wife – Will and Bess – struggling to cope financially. Mr Pepys is not a lead character, but – like in the previous novel – a central character. Bess brings him into her and Will’s life, which leads them to good and bad fortune.Jack, the main antagonist – and Will’s cousin – is a loathsome creature. His not a charming bad boy, but rather a sponging bastard. Will’s good nature is often abused by Jack, but Will’s gullibility and plain stupidity meant I had little sympathy for him.My lack of sympathy for the characters in general is the main reason why I haven’t rated this more than three stars. I liked Bess more as the narrative went on, after not caring much about her in the early part of the book. Bess’s mother invoked my sympathy most of all.As with the previous book, I liked the author’s depiction of Mr Pepys. He has something likeable about him, despite his selfishness when it comes to women. I think it’s charisma and his aura of “jolliness” that I find appealing.Mr Pepys is the only connection between this novel and its predecessor. It’s also set earlier than the first book.In short, I didn’t find this as engaging as “Pleasing Mr Pepys”, but it’s still definitely worth reading.