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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

"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...

A crisis linking the past and future, strands an Oxford student in the most dangerous year of the Middle Ages.

"Explores the history and impact of the Bubonic plague."--

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.

After learning that the plague is threatening the people of England, Lady Anne of Develish quarantines her people inside the moat that surrounds the manor home and refuses entry, even to her husband.

Looks at the disease the bubonic plague, its causes, how it affects the body, how to prevent it, and the history of its outbreaks

Two knights return home from the Crusades to a land devastated by the Black Plague and they are ordered by the Church to transport an accused witch, who they believe to be responsible for the disease, to a remote abbey where a ritual will be performed to abolish her powers.

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.