Bodmin, 1349: An Epic Novel of Christians and Jews in the Plague Years

by Roberta Kalechofsky

An epic novel of Christians and Jews in the plague years - the Black Death of 1349. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916288242
• ISBN13: 9780916288242
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Micah Publications
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.

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An unparalleled epic work

Bodmin, 1349: An Epic Novel of Christians and Jews in the Plague Years is a work of historical fiction, set during the Middle Ages when the "Black Death" ravaged Europe. A peasant from York and his wife, who is rumored to be a Jewish "leftover" from the expulsion of Jews from England in 1290, struggle to survive in a world seemingly driven mad, decimated by a virulent pestilance so severely and lethally contagious that disposal of the dead risks the spread of death. Entrenched heavily with accurate details and documented data of daily life in the 1300's, and society's struggle to adapt the plague, as well as a powerful interplay between Christian and Jewish religious heritage reflected in the private rift between husband and wife, Bodmin, 1349 is an unparalleled epic work.