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In Jill Paton Walsh’s *A Parcel of Patterns*, Mall Percival recounts how the plague reached the small Derbyshire village of Eyam in 1665. Faced with a deadly epidemic, the close‑knit community chose to isolate themselves, preventing the disease from spreading beyond their borders. The story follows Mall’s perspective as she witnesses the drastic measures taken, the loss of three‑quarters of the population by the following year, and the enduring impact of their sacrifice on the village’s future.
First publish date: September 1, 1992
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Jill Paton Walsh
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