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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
307 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
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.
Author
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...
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.
Author
Series
Oxford time travel novels volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
668 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
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. 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 fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first...
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