Books from the Backlog, hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books, is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your shelf unread.
Why did I add In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World it Made to my TBR?
The Black Death is endlessly fascinating - the 'treatments' and 'preventions' especially. People do not realize what world-altering events these bouts of plague were. We are talking hundreds of millions of people, gone. Imagine what possibilities, discoveries, creations, advances, died with any one of the untold numbers of victims.
Have you read this book, or is it on your TBR? If you've read it, would you recommend it to others?
I've seen documentaries about the plague and it was fascinating. I've never thought about the discoveries that died along with the millions. I hope you can stop by:
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Colletta
Thanks for coming over, Colletta! That is one of the things most troubling to me - what we lost - aside from the fact that the number of victims is so massive; we will never know for sure just how many died. It almost does not even feel real when you think about it, because it is such a huge number.
DeleteI've seen documentaries on the subject and always found it interesting. I don't get time to read books on all these interesting subjects though!
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DeleteSomehow I've yet to read any books on the Plague. It's not that it's not fascinating, but....there's so much.
ReplyDeleteThere are a couple good ones I have read already, but I have enjoyed several other of Cantor's books so I can't imagine this one will be any different.
DeleteThis does sound fascinating. I've watched some documentaries and I think I'd enjoy this book.
ReplyDeleteI have read a few of Cantor's other books so far and enjoyed them so I don't imagine this one will be any different. I hope you get to try it!
DeleteI haven't read this one, but I am fascinated by the subject matter as well. I think this is one I would be interested in. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you - hope you get to read it, too. Happy Reading!
DeleteI have read two novels that dealt with the Plague: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks and Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (a bodice ripper but it included an interesting section about the Plague in London and how one woman cured her lover.) My book from the backlog this month was Stone Upon Stone by Wieslaw Mysliwski, translated from the Polish about peasants in Poland in the postwar era.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure I could do fiction about the plague - the non fiction is terrible enough!
DeletePost WWI or WWII?