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The Great Plague

By Evelyn Lord

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN
9780300173819, 2013041977
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3009604 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2025-04-20 07:10:17

Description

In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord's fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton to common folk who tilled the land and ran the shops. She brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.

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