The Plagues of London

by Stephen Porter

Plague was the most deadly disease across Europe for more than four hundred years after the onset of the Black Death in the 1340s. Because of the number of its victims, the foulness of the disease, the disruption which it caused and the literature which it generated, plague has cast a very long shadow, and its reputation is such that it still makes headlines and has the capacity to frighten us. As England's biggest city and an international seaport,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752445960
• ISBN13: 9780752445960
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Tempus
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.8" x 7.7"