black death

Tells the parallel stories of Alejandro Canches, a fourteenth-century physician who is conscripted against his will to serve as a plague doctor in the court of Edward III, and Janie Crowe, an American medical archaeologist who unwittingly releases the bubonic plague upon the world in 2005 while doing research in England.

In Kingsbridge during the year 1327, four children witness two men being killed in the forest; and years later, even though they have grown apart, they are connected by what they saw.

Explores the black death plagues and its effect on different parts of the world.

When the plague comes to her medieval town, a young girl must flee to find sanctuary.

This book traces the history of the bubonic plague, from 1347 when the "Black Death" arrived in Constantinople, Egypt, Sicily, and Italy to the outbreak of the bubonic plague in San Francisco from 1900-1904 to occasional isolated incidents of the bubonic plague in the twenty-first century.

Traces the history of the plague from ancient times to today, focusing on the Black Death and its aftermath in the Middle Ages. Also discusses causes and cures of the disease.

Describes the origins, spread, and effects of the terrible plague that devastated fourteenth-century Europe.

Examines the origins, spread, and effects of the bubonic plague in fourteenth-century England and Europe, as well as the later discovery of its cause and cure.

Presents nine essays on the Black Death, covering such aspects as its causes, its impact on different countries, Jewish persecution, and historical interpretations of the epidemic.