The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)
by John Kelly
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Author: John KellyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-01
ISBN: 0060006935
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Informative Read
Summary: 3 Stars
With roughly 340 pages and fourteen chapters (including Introduction and Afterword), "The Great Mortality" is an informative and an interesting read on the historical study of The Black Death, an infamous disaster of the fourteenth century. In this work, John Kelly brought about the graphic details and accounts about the plague in vary of cities during the period of 1347 to 1351. The author did a great deal of research into secondary sources to bring together this work on the impact of the Black Death.
On the other hand, the author's writing style and organization of the book is a bit off. While it is an informative read, I found it a bit difficult to follow what the author is saying as most of it a bit repeating. It does not exactly flow, in my opinion, and I had to put it down a few times.
Personally, I think it is a good informative book for the lay person to understand the impact of the worst plague of medieval era, with millions dead within a few years. As for those of us who are knowledgeable on the subject, I found it to be a bit repetitive and it needed more sources, especially primary documents.
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