1-158-857 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Scene from Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1855. A romantic historical novel set in 1665 and 1666 during the Plague of London and the Fire of London. Judith Malmayns, the wicked plague nurse, contemplating the murder of Amabel Bloundel, which she accomplishes by puncturing the girl's neck with a needle infected with the plague. From Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1855). First edition, London 1841.