1-158-854 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Title page of Old Saint 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. Mike Macascree, the blind musician, terrifying Chowles and the death cart attendants when he comes round in the cart on the way to the plague pit, and begins to play. From Old St Paul's by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1855). First edition, London 1841.