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Loading... The Black Death: A Personal Historyby John Hatcher
   None No current Talk conversations about this book. Includes bibliographical references and index.  TorontoOratorySPN | Sep 1, 2022 |  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. (  ) Carmentalie | Jun 4, 2022 | 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. (  ) SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 | This is a great book for casual readers and people just touching on learning about the medieval period. While others are quick to chastise it for not being as good as similar books, like A Distant Mirror, it serves well for the beginner, being less dense, episodic, and engaging. ( ) theothergarypowell | May 20, 2021 | Interesting and insightful. (  ) Mithril | Jan 8, 2021 | 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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