Publisher - Raintree
Author - Cath Senker
Binding - Paperback
Pages - 56
Size - 24cm x 16cm
 
Reading Age - 9+

Product weight 200g


 

Did you know that the plague began in central Asia before it swept across Europe, killing one-third of the population?

Raging disease wiped out whole towns. In a remote village in Norway everyone died except one little girl who survived for months alone.

In this book learn how fleas and rats spread the disease and how the plague ultimately benefited the poor who survived

Contents

The Plague Spreads Across Europe
Blood boils and death

The Deadly Plague
Plague outbreak
Catastrophe from China to Europe
Into Italy and France
Italian cities ravaged

Horror and Hysteria
Types of plague
Rats, fleas and disease
Bloodletting and stinks
Panic in Florence

The Bodies Pile High
Death in England
London is struck
Dealing with the dead

Madness and Massacres
Disease moves on
The flagellants
The Jews and hygiene

The Culture of Death
Dance of death
Plague survivors
Disease and rebellion
Fighting plague
Plagues in our time

Timeline

Glossary

Finding out more

Index