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In an alternate history world in which the population of Europe is almost completely wiped out by the Black Death during the fourteenth century, three superpowers--China, India, and the nations of Islam--battle for supremacy in a World War destined to create a new world order.
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In the town of Kingsbridge, a Gothic cathedral and the priory are at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge. Proponents of the old ways fiercely battle those with progressive minds, as the Black Death captures the city
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'Wonderful and sweeping, with a fabulous sense of place and history.' Kate Mosse on The Last Hours As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone they will have no choice but to leave....
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"Equal parts transporting love story and gripping historical conspiracy--think The Girl with a Pearl Earring meets Outlander--debut author Melodie Winawer takes readers deep into medieval Italy, where the past and present blur and a twenty-first century woman will discover a plot to destroy Siena. Accomplished neurosurgeon Beatrice Trovato knows that her deep empathy for her patients is starting to impede her work. So when her beloved brother passes...
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Oxford time travel novels volume 2
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A crisis linking the past and future, strands an Oxford student in the most dangerous year of the Middle Ages.
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Free Press
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[2001]
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English
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Contrary to popular belief, Cantor concludes that the Black Death was probably two diseases at once--bubonic plague and anthrax. The author shows how these diseases affected the masses as well as specific individuals, and thus profoundly altered history. Benefits of the outbreak, including explosions in artistic and scientific thought, are also described.
10) The great mortality: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time
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HarperCollins Publishers
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[2005]
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English
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Chronicles the Great Plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the fourteenth century, documenting the experiences of people who lived during its height while describing the decline of moral boundaries that also marked the period.
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Stone Arch Books
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[2021]
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English
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The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion question.
13) The Black Death
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Twenty-First Century Books
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[2009]
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English
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This book discusses the pivotal moment in history when one out of three people died and changed the course of world history, the Black Death.
14) The seventh seal
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A knight returning home from the Crusades encounters Death, who agrees to a chess game. In the balance hang the lives of the knight and a group of traveling players.
15) Black Death
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Fly! an imprint of Abdo Zoom
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[2021]
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English
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This title focuses on the Black Death and gives information related to its symptoms, causes, and global impact. This hi-lo title is complete with gripping and historical photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.--
18) The Black death
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Lucent Books
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Examines the causes, effects, and legacy of the epidemic that killed millions of people in Europe during the fourteenth century.
20) The Black death
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Chelsea House Pub
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c2002
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English
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Describes the origins, spread, and effects of the terrible plague that devastated fourteenth-century Europe.