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Loading... The Black Death: A Personal History (edition 2009)by John Hatcher
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A disappointingly far-removed perspective on the ravages of the 14th-century black plague. ( ) This was very informative, but since it was written by a historian and his intention was to tell an accurate tale of the Bubonic Plague, it comes off rather dry and a bit boring. I would have liked an historic account of the 12th century epidemic a bit better I think, than this "hybrid" of fiction and history. Oh, and he keeps calling is a "docudrama." I decided I sort of hate that word. Sorry, not my cup of tea. Góð samantekt á áhrifum Svarta dauðans á íbúa smáþorps í Englandi. Höfundurinn er sagnfræðingur sem gjörþekkir efnið en hér er á ferðinni sögulegur skáldskapur sem veitir lesanda innsýn í hugarheim þorpsbúa þegar þeir upplifa það sem þeir telja refsingu Guðs og heimsendi svo eitthvað sé nefnt. Stutt hljóðbók sem er afskaplega góð kynning á hamförunum. no reviews | add a review
In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village. By focusing on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they lived--and died--during the Black Death (1345-50 AD), Hatcher vividly places the reader directly into those tumultuous years and describes in fascinating detail the day-to-day existence of people struggling with the tragic effects of the plague. Dramatic scenes portray how contemporaries must have experienced and thought about the momentous events--and how they tried to make sense of it all. No library descriptions found. |
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