A unique blend of history and docudrama that "looks at the lives of ordinary people during the Black Death... as a third of Europe's population was wiped out." -- Publishers Weekly

In this fresh approach to the history of the Black Death, John Hatcher, a world-renowned scholar of the Middle Ages, recreates everyday life in a mid-fourteenth century rural English village, Walsham de Willows, as the plague rips through its homes and streets.

By focusing on the experiences of ordinary villagers as they lived -- and died -- during the deadly epidemic of 1345-1350, Hatcher vividly places the reader directly into those tumultuous years and describes in fascinating detail the day-to-day existence of people struggling with the tragic effects of the plague. Dramatic scenes portray how contemporaries must have experienced and thought about the momentous events -- and how they tried to make sense of it all.

"Totally absorbing... a triumph." -- Simon Winchester, The New York Sun

"Unusually gripping." -- Booklist

"An unforgettable picture of a society thrown into chaos." -- The Commercial Dispatch

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• HistoryEuropeWesternGreat BritainNorman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)
• HistoryEuropeWesternUnited KingdomNorman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)

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