Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic
Voices from History
$25.49
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2022
Summary
A collection of intimate and revelatory first-hand accounts of pandemics through the ages.
Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, to Covid-19. People living through the crises have always recorded what they saw, what they felt, and what they did. Some presented sober facts laced with anecdote, while others produced emotional outpourings; moralists speculated on t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500296134 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0500296138 |
| Author: | Peter Furtado |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Insightful, moving and empathetic’ - BBC History Magazine
‘Fascinating… Through tracing the social, political and public-health responses evoked by disease-related disasters across the globe, readers can empathise with individuals separated by centuries and oceans… resonates strongly in today’s world’ - Minerva
Peter Furtado
Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today. His publications include the Sunday Times bestselling Histories of Nations, as well as Revolutions: How They Changed History and What They Mean Today and Great Cities Through Travellers’ Eyes.
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