In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made Reviews

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Edition: 1
Release: 2001-04-10
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0684857359
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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Much of what we know about the greatest medical disaster ever, the Black Plague of the fourteenth century, is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the final, awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was, and how it made history, remain shrouded in a haze of myths.Norman Cantor, the premier historian of the Middle Ages, draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and groundbreaking historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death afresh, as a gripping, intimate narrative."In the Wake of the Plague" presents a microcosmic view of the Plague in England (and on the continent), telling the stories of the men and women of the fourteenth century, from peasant to priest, and from merchant to king. Cantor introduces a fascinating cast of characters. We meet, among others, fifteen-year-old Princess Joan of England, on h Download In the Wake of the Plague for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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