- Fiction, historical, general, England, fiction, Travelers, Fiction
Midsummer's day 1348. On this day of ill omen, plague makes its entrance. Within weeks, swathes of England will be darkened by death's shadow as towns and villages burn to the ringing of church bells.
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Grave, earnest, bleak and overwhelming.
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- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Karen Maitland
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 519
- Publisher
- Penguin, Michael Joseph, Delta
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780718153199
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