The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (Audio book)

La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history--a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born.

About the author

John Kelly is an independent scholar specializing in the intersection of European history with health, human behavior, and science. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time, For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered, and Three on the Edge: The Stories of Ordinary American Families in Search of a Medical Miracle.

Product details

• Authors: John Kelly
• Assisted by: Matthew Lloyd Davies (Reader / Narrator)
• Publisher: Tantor
• Languages: English
• Product format: CD-Audio (Playing time: 12h 55min)
• Released: 14.08.2018
• EAN: 9781665227612
• ISBN: 978-1-66522-761-2
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages