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The great mortality
an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
By Kelly, John G.
- ISBN
- 978-0-06000-692-1
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2005
Drawing on extensive quotes from 14th-century records, Kelly, a noted medical and science writer (Three on the Edge ), offers a compelling and eminently readable portrait of daily life during the Black Death. Concentrating on European society during the years 1347-49, he reveals how the poor and the wealthy alike were devastated by the plague, which also drasti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
