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1) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
xvii, 364 p. ; 24 cm.
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In medieval Sweden, a knight returns from war only to find a ravaged homeland. He meets up with a group of travelling players and eventually confronts the embodiment of death with whom he engages in a game of chess for his life. The knight and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval the plague has caused.
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, photographs. ; 20 cm.
Description
"While the coronavirus COVID-19 changed the world in 2020, it still isn't the largest and deadliest pandemic in history. That title is held by the Plague. This disease, also known as the “Black Death,” spread throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe in the fourteenth century and claimed an astonishing 50 million lives by the time it officially ended. Author Roberta Edwards takes readers back to these grimy and horrific years, explaining just how this...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
465 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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In 1348 England, as the plague ravages the country, nine desperate strangers attempt to outrun the Black Death, revealing their individual stories as they travel away from the devastation, but one among them is hiding a far more sinister secret.
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
452 pages ; 25 cm
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"Equal parts transporting love story and gripping historical conspiracy--think The Girl with a Pearl Earring meets Outlander--debut author Melodie Winawer takes readers deep into medieval Italy, where the past and present blur and a twenty-first century woman will discover a plot to destroy Siena. Accomplished neurosurgeon Beatrice Trovato knows that her deep empathy for her patients is starting to impede her work. So when her beloved brother passes...
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"The deadly outbreak of plague known as the Great Mortality, which struck Europe in the mid 1300s and raged for four centuries, wiped out more than 25 million people in the course of just two years. With its vicious onslaught, life changed for millions of people almost instantaneously. Deadly pandemics have always been a part of life, from the Great Mortality of the Middle Ages, to the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918, to the eruption of COVID-19...
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Last hours volume 2
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
448 pages ; 25cm
Description
As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone they will have no choice but to leave. But where will they find safety in the desolate wasteland outside? One man has the courage to find out....
13) Black death
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The year is 1348. Europe has fallen under the shadow of the Black death. As the plague decimates all in its path, fear and superstition are rife. There are rumors of a village, hidden in marshland that the plague cannot reach. There is even talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to bring the dead back to life. Ulric, a fearsome knight, is charged by the church to investigate these rumors.
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Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
36 CDs (ca. 45 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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-- The Pillars of the Earth World Without End The Evening and the MorningWorld Without EndThe Pillars of the Earth Three years in the writing and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, World Without End) that once again shows that Ken Follett is a masterful author writing at the top of his craft.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
307 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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A tale of self-discovery follows the experiences of a girl who is sent to live in a priory in the wake of a devastating loss, where she develops unexpected talents, reconnects with a friend, and witnesses the approach of the Great Plague.
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Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a Scottish proctor is returning home to Avignon and a handsome young ploughman in search of adventure is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey...
17) Doomsday book
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Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit.
“A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review
For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the...
“A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review
For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the...
18) The last hours
Author
Series
Last hours volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
536 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Description
After learning that the plague is threatening the people of England, Lady Anne of Develish quarantines her people inside the moat that surrounds the manor home and refuses entry, even to her husband.
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