The Great Plague

Stephen Porter

ISBN 10: 075091615X / ISBN 13: 9780750916158

Editore: Sutton Pub Ltd, 2000

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Riassunto:

The Great Plague of 1665-6 is the best known epidemic in English history. Carried by fleas, the bubonic plague decimated the population of England in a little over a year. The disease had never been absent in England since the Black Death in 1348, but there had been ten virtually plague-free years from 1655. People thought that perhaps the scourge had gone for ever. But in 1665 it returned with a vengeance. The total number of deaths attributable to that one outbreak is estimated at up to 130,000. In London alone 100,000 out of a total population of 500,000 died.

Informazioni sull?autore: Stephen Porter is Assistant Editor with the Survey of London section of English Heritage.

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Titolo: The Great Plague
Casa editrice: Sutton Pub Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
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