""The Historical Sources of Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year"" is a non-fiction book written by Watson Nicholson and published in 1919. The book explores the historical sources and background of Daniel Defoe's famous novel ""A Journal of the Plague Year"", which was published in 1722. Nicholson delves into the historical events and conditions that inspired Defoe's novel, including the outbreak of the bubonic plague in London in 1665. He also examines...