The great mortality an intimate history of the black death the most devastating plague of all time kelly john isbn 9780060006938 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Five years later twenty five million people were dead felled by the scourge that would come to be called the black death the great mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in european history a drama of courage cowardice misery madness and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankinds darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born. John kellys the great mortality is a well written piece of history about a period weve all heard about the black death but to which we dont give much thought he begins by setting the stage for the mortality which is what the contemporaries called it by discussing where the plague may have come from how it moved into europe and the various types of rats and people that may . The great mortality an intimate history of the black death the most devastating plague of all time by kelly john 1945. The great mortality an intimate history of the black death the most devastating plague of all time john kelly la moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the european and asian continents in 1347 leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake five years later twenty five million people were dead felled by the scourge that would