The Great Mortality

Brief Summary

"The Great Mortality" by John Kelly recounts a pandemic that spanned an entire continent — the Great Plague. Kelly animates history with detailed depictions of the plague's devastation, making the material accessible to both casual readers and historians. Filled with poignant human stories, the book explores a variety of topics, from feudal society and economics to medicine, and features strikingly vivid scenes and alarming eyewitness accounts.