Return of the Black Death : the world's greatest serial killer

• Tác giả: C. J Duncan, Susan Scott
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0470090006
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 614.5 Incidence of and public measures to prevent specific diseases and kinds of diseases
• Thông tin xuất bản: Chichester : Wiley, 2004.
• Mô tả vật lý: viii, 310 p. : , ill., maps ; , 23 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học ứng dụng
• ID: 86680
• Chủ đề: 1. Black Death--Etiology; 2. Black Death--History; 3. Plague--Etiology; 4. Plague--History; 5. Disease Outbreaks--history; 6. Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral--epidemiology; 7. Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral--history; 8. Plague--epidemiology; 9. Plague--history

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-303) and index.

Tóm tắt

"The black death appeared out of the blue in Sicily in 1347 and moved swiftly on to kill half of Europe in three years. Once the plague had established a stronghold in France it continued to terrorize the continent for another three centuries. London's Great Plague of 1665-66, which claimed 6000 lives a week at its height, was its last great strike. A few years later it disappeared as suddenly and mysteriously as it had appeared. Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan uncover the tragic and moving human stories behind the records, unsung heroes, bereaved parents, parted lovers and those who exploited the suffering of others for their own greed. They also trace the origins of this lethal disease, through possible earlier outbreaks in classical times back to its animal hosts in Africa. Here it remains but there is no reason to believe it has gone for good."--BOOK JACKET.