The Black Death was the fourteenth century's equivalent of a nuclear war. It wiped out one-third of Europe's population, takingmillion lives. And yet, most of what we know about it is wrong. The details of the Plague etched in the minds of terrified schoolchildren -- the hideous black welts, the high fever, and the awful end by respiratory failure -- are more or less accurate. But what the Plague really was and how it made history remain shrouded in a haze of myths. Now, Norman Cantor, the premier historian of the Middle Ages, draws together the most recent scientific discoveries and groundbreaking historical research to pierce the mist and tell the story of the Black Death as a gripping, intimate narrative.
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
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Author: Cantor, Norman F.
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780060014346
Details:
Author: Cantor, Norman F.
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 16-04-2002
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780060014346
