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Return of the Black Death Susan Scott

Return of the Black Death By Susan Scott

Return of the Black Death by Susan Scott


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Summary

The Black Death of the 14th century was the most terrible and notorious killer of its time. In this frightening book, Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan contradict what has been taught to every school child for the last 100 years and explain why the Black Death couldn't possibly have been bubonic plague.

Return of the Black Death Summary

Return of the Black Death: The World's Greatest Serial Killer by Susan Scott

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has only lain dormant, waiting to emerge again—perhaps, in another form. At the heart of their chilling scenario is their contention that the plague was spread by direct human contact (not from rat fleas) and was, in fact, a virus perhaps similar to AIDS and Ebola. Noting the periodic occurrence of plagues throughout history, the authors predict its inevitable re-emergence sometime in the future, transformed by mass mobility and bioterrorism into an even more devastating killer.

Return of the Black Death Reviews

"...fascinating book...a gripping read..." (Perioperative Nursing, September 04) "...combines historical and biological research to undermine what we have long believed..." (Ancestors, Dec 05)

About Susan Scott

Professor Christopher Duncan is Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Liverpool University. He has written over 200 published papers and seven books. Susan Scott is a Social Historian specialising in demography. She has written 30 published papers and three books.

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1: Birth of a serial killer. Chapter 2: The Black Death crosses the Channel. Chapter 3: After the Black Death: the French connection. Chapter 4: Tentacles of the plague. Chapter 5: England under siege. Chapter 6: Portrait of an epidemic. Chapter 7: The Great Plague of London. Chapter 8: How bugs and germs operate. Chapter 9: Building an identikit of the killer. Chapter 10: Debunking history. Chapter 11: Bubonic plague - a myth revisited. Chapter 12: DNA analysis - a red herring. Chapter 13: The true story of an historic village. Chapter 14: The surprising link between AIDS and the Black Death. Chapter 15: Assembling the jigsaw puzzle. Chapter 16: The Black Death in hiding. Chapter 17: Why did haemorrhagic plague suddenly disappear? Chapter 18: The dangers of emergent diseases. Chapter 19: The return of the Black Death? Chapter 20: Is there something more terrible than the Black Death? Further reading. Index.

Additional information

GOR002587734
9780470090015
0470090014
Return of the Black Death: The World's Greatest Serial Killer by Susan Scott
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2005-05-20
318
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