In this spellbinding novel of adventure and science, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium--the invisible seeds of a new Bubonic Plague. In the year 1348, a physician journeys to England on an impossible mission to save the royal family from the Black Death. In the year 2005, a scientist unearths a terror laying dormant in the soil for nearly 700 years. Their stories are linked by history and defined by circumstances. They are the plague tales. Online (...
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In this spellbinding novel of adventure and science, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium--the invisible seeds of a new Bubonic Plague. In the year 1348, a physician journeys to England on an impossible mission to save the royal family from the Black Death. In the year 2005, a scientist unearths a terror laying dormant in the soil for nearly 700 years. Their stories are linked by history and defined by circumstances. They are the plague tales. Online (...
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
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I loved this book as well as the other two, The Burning Road and The Physician's Tale, that are associated with The Plague Tales. The author is well educated about medicine and the Plague. Now that I have read all three, I'm hoping that Ms. Benson will write more. She's a very, very wonderful storyteller! I HIGHLY recommend all 3 books.
rusty6732
Jul 1, 2008
Very interesting
Have read this book before and, several years later, am reading it again. It lends itself quite well to taking the reader back several centuries into the time of the "black death" and returning to the present time, presenting the plague as horrifying an event now as it must have been then. The writing is interesting, keeping the reader engaged in the story, although the book is several hundred pages long. Rusty