A Cross on the Door by Ann Turnbull

Lord have mercy upon us

In the long, hot summer of 1665, the plague comes to London. Sam is a servant boy with no family of his own. When his master dies, Sam is left alone, a prisoner in an empty building with a cross on the door to mark it as a plague house. 

Can he escape the dangerous, plague-ridden streets of London? Even if he does...where is there to go?

A thrilling adventure, published with the National Archives. Look out for the second part of Sam's story, The Great Fire, A City in Flames.

Paperback published by Bloomsbury