Great Mortality

Author: John Kelly

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A compelling and harrowing history of the Black Death's apocalyptic sweep through Europe in the mid-14th century, from its arrival in Sicily to its devastation of medieval Britain. / At school, everyone is taught about The Black Death. In compelling and harrowing detail this book reveals what it was really like! / John Kelly movingly reconstructs the lives, and deaths, of those involved through fragments of letters and diaries that have survived through the centuries / Widespread review coverage anticipated / Competition: YEAR OF WONDERS by Geraldine Brooks; EUROPE: A HISTORY by Norman Davies

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