The Black Death

About this book

“As exciting and readable an account as you couldwish.”  — The Guardian “Fascinating.” – Bill Bryson The Black Death vividly and comprehensively brings to light the full horror of this uniquely catastrophic event that hastened the disintegration of an age. A series of natural disasters in the Orient during thefourteenth century brought about the most devastating period of death anddestruction in European history. The epidemic killed one-third of Europe'speople over a period of three years, and the resulting social and economicupheaval was on a scale unparalleled in all of recorded history. Synthesizingthe records of contemporary chroniclers and the work of later historians,Philip Ziegler offers a critically acclaimed overview of this crucial epoch in asingle masterly volume.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780061718984

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Published

April 7, 2009

Pages

336

Weight

8.8 oz

Subject

History