pickInteresting history of the Black Plague outbreak in Europe in the mid-1300s. I liked all the quotes and stories about individuals living at the time. Kelly also devotes an appropriate amount of text to the cruel atrocities committed by Christians against Jews using wild conspiracy theories as their excuse.
so-soThe Black Death in London, by Barney Sloane (2011)
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Premise: A look at the impact of the Black Death on the city of London and environs.
Review: This book‘s greatest success is in its incredible detail. Sadly that‘s also it‘s greatest weakness. Even as someone very nerdy about history, archaeology, and public health, the level of detail here was overwhelming and felt unnecessary. ⬇️
#timespacetraveller
#charactercharm
Doomsday Book was my first Connie Willis and an all time favourite, but I can't find my copy atm. @eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I am slow going on this challenge because I‘m also reading other books not on the list ( Bookclubs, buddy reads, sister said I had to drop everything and read The Correspondent by Virginia Evans), but I did finish the first of my #14BooksIn14Weeks
This is a lovely debut novel about a midwife & herbalist in Avignon, France during the 1300s black plague.
I‘m finding myself drawn to midwives and herbalists …
Enjoying this book from a debut author I met at Adventures By The Book Superbook 6 in San Diego in March.
A Healer & Herbalist trying to protect her people of Avignon, France from the 1437 Black Plague Provence.
I am finding I love books about Female Healers, Herbalists, & Midwives
#14BooksIn14Weeks
more #garden reads. One #cozy for two different challenges (my libraries and r/fantasy bingo) and a #historicalfiction
more #garden reads. One #cozy for two different challenges (my libraries and r/fantasy bingo) and a #historicalfiction
Here‘s my hopeful #14booksin14weeks ! Starting with Eleanore and Gabriële
pickI read books about diseases frequently but still learned things from this book geared towards kids.
pickThis book is absolutely bonkers. Arthurian-like quest/pilgrimage set in plague-ridden France in the Middle Ages but with the religious and supernatural themes cranked up to 100. An orphan, an excommunicated knight and a shamed priest are traveling south to Avignon to what you know will be an apocalyptic event. The horror is Lovecraftian and the humour is dark which compliments the grim and grimy setting. Top notch.
