Plague 99
Encyclopedia
Plague 99 is a 1989 novel
written by Jean Ure
. It deals with a pandemic
that shuts down London
and group of three teenagers that survive the outbreak
. The book takes an apocalyptic view and details the event of the three principal characters at the end of the year 1999 as the plague wipes out the population of London in the course of a few weeks. It was written during the Cold War
and shares many aspects of the fears of the time. The principal characters are Fran, her best friend Harriet, and a schoolmate, Shahid.
The book has a sequel set 100 years later called Come Lucky April, which did not receive as much praise as the first by some readers.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
written by Jean Ure
Jean Ure
-Background:Jean Ure was born and brought up in a suburb of London and attended school in Croydon. She wrote her first book when she was six years old and had her first book, Dance For Two published when she was sixteen. Having decided to make a career as a writer, she ran away from school and...
. It deals with a pandemic
Pandemic
A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic...
that shuts down London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and group of three teenagers that survive the outbreak
Outbreak
Outbreak is a term used in epidemiology to describe an occurrence of disease greater than would otherwise be expected at a particular time and place. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire continent. Two linked cases of a rare infectious...
. The book takes an apocalyptic view and details the event of the three principal characters at the end of the year 1999 as the plague wipes out the population of London in the course of a few weeks. It was written during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
and shares many aspects of the fears of the time. The principal characters are Fran, her best friend Harriet, and a schoolmate, Shahid.
The book has a sequel set 100 years later called Come Lucky April, which did not receive as much praise as the first by some readers.