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Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
Great Mortality An Intimate History of the Black Death the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
Author: John Kelly
In October 1347, at about the start of the month, twelve Genoese galleys put in to the port of Messina [Italy]. So begins, in almost fairy-tale fashion, a contemporary account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- what we call the Black Death, and what the generation who lived through it called la moria grandissima: "the great ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781422365007
ISBN-10: 142236500X
Publication Date: 1/1/2005
Pages: 364
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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Very interesting and absorbing book, the author talks of the plague like it was an invading army and how it sweeps over the land. Also interesting are the glimpses into the daily lives of people in Europe during the black plague.
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