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. ⬇️
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
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.
so-soLOVED reading about the small village being ravaged by the plague and the difficult decision to close their gates and quarantine themselves from the rest of Derbyshire. The story is based on a real village Eyam and how they handled the Bubonic Plague in 1665-1666.
But oh how I hated the ending. The last 50 pages or so made me mad because they ruined an otherwise beautiful book.
Beginning=5 stars, Ending=2 stars. So overall a So-So from me.
pickI loved this. Set in France when the pope was in Avignon, during a plague, a young woman tries to increase her medical knowledge while also not being turned into a scapegoat. Highly recommend.
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