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Pestilence
Pestilence: A Medieval Tale of Plague | Jeani Rector
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As the daughter of the Lord of Wynham Castle, Elaisse hears rumors of a great pestilence in France. She tells herself that God is punishing the French people because of the on-going war with England. She consoles herself that England is on the side of all that is right, therefore England is safe. And then Elaisse travels to London where suddenly the whole world changes around her. Circumstances arise beyond her control and she goes from a structured, sheltered life into one where normalcy falls by the wayside. The pestilence has come to England. The threads of her existence begin to unravel as the cart-man in the street calls for people to "Bring out your dead." PESTILENCE: A MEDIEVAL TALE OF PLAGUE is historic fiction, delving into a first-person account of life during the European plague years of 1346-1350. Today there are many end-of-the-world tales, but the bubonic plague pandemic in the 14th Century is the original apocalypse story. "A very well-researched book full of facts about that time, how people lived, and the disease itself, yet it tells the story at an exciting pace." - Larry Green, Death Head Grin Magazine
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I have never read a book about the Bubonic Plague and this sounded fascinating. I loved how it started with a flea‘s perspective of the plague. Most of the chapters start with an account of the plague from the animals that passed it along. Elaisse started out as a very annoying brat but she becomes much more likable. There is some romance mixed in the story but overall it‘s an imaginative tale of a very real horror in history.