"Only the end of the beginning" - Afterword : the plague deniersĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:05:08 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40330706 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Heads to the West, feet to the East - Ch. Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-341) and indexĬh. Interweaving a modern scientific methodical analysis with portrait of medieval medicine, superstition, and bigotry, The Great Mortality achieves an air of immediacy, authenticity, and intimacy never before seen in literature on the plague."-Jacket "The Great Mortality is John Kelly's narrative account of the medieval plague, from its beginnings on the desolate, windswept steppes of Central Asia to its journey through the teeming cities of Europe." "The Great Mortality also looks at new theories about the cause of the plague and takes into account why some scientists and historians believe that the Black Death was an outbreak not of bubonic plague, but of another infectious illness - perhaps anthrax or a disease like Ebola.
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