The chapters on the plague and the Great Fire of London were excellent. I was fascinated to learn more.
The chapters on the war with the Dutch were far less interesting to me. We had too many sailor/noble/ship names for me to keep up - or to care. More of the book was devoted to the naval war than to the fire or plague. The bits about Charles II and his court were also interesting. I may want to read/learn more about that time period.

Some sentence structure was clunky through the book and I would have appreciated a paragraph or two situating us in the politics of the time to help with the transition. I think a reader is expected to know background of the Restoration Period before reading this and I don't have that background.

Still, no regrets on reading it. Thanks so much to Interlibrary Loan resources so I was able to get a copy to read!