The Great Mortality
An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
Ranked #22 in MCAT Prep, Ranked #29 in Diseases — see more rankings.
The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history, even more so now, when the notion of plague—be it animal or human—has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern
The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholarly and general readers. Many books on the plague rely on statistics to tell the story: how many people died; how farm output and trade declined. But statistics can’t convey what it was like to sit in Siena or Avignon and hear that a thousand people a day are dying... more
The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholarly and general readers. Many books on the plague rely on statistics to tell the story: how many people died; how farm output and trade declined. But statistics can’t convey what it was like to sit in Siena or Avignon and hear that a thousand people a day are dying... more
Rankings by Category
The Great Mortality is ranked in the following categories:
- #98 in European History
- #69 in Forensic Medicine
- #75 in Microbiology
- #69 in Pandemic
- #87 in Public Health
- #80 in Viral
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