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Book Description:
It is history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead. Now, in a spellbinding novel of adventure and science, romance and terror, two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium--the invisible seeds of a new bubonic plague.
In the year 1348, a disgraced Spanish physician crosses a landscape of horrors to Avignon, France. There, he will be sent on an impossible mission to England, to save the royal family from the Black Death....
Nearly seven hundred years later, a woman scientist digs up a clod of earth in London. In a world where medicine is tightly controlled, she will unearth a terror lying dormant for centuries.
From the primitive cures of the Middle Ages to the biological police state of our near future, The Plague Tales is a thrilling race against time and mass destruction. For in 2005, humankind's last hope for survival can come only from one place: out of a dark and tortured past.
In the year 1348, a disgraced Spanish physician crosses a landscape of horrors to Avignon, France. There, he will be sent on an impossible mission to England, to save the royal family from the Black Death....
Nearly seven hundred years later, a woman scientist digs up a clod of earth in London. In a world where medicine is tightly controlled, she will unearth a terror lying dormant for centuries.
From the primitive cures of the Middle Ages to the biological police state of our near future, The Plague Tales is a thrilling race against time and mass destruction. For in 2005, humankind's last hope for survival can come only from one place: out of a dark and tortured past.
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- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Thrillers >> Medical
- Romance >> Historical >> General
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Top Member Reviews
Jody A. from KLAWOCK, AK wrote on 5/15/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
The Plague Tales consists of two parallel stories: one an account of a king's physician in 14th-century England, the other a tale of futuristic London--a time when antibiotics no longer cure and "Bio-Cops," empowered to exterminate those suspected of carrying disease, prowl the streets.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a very intriguing story that takes place in Midevil times and present times and how they come together in the end. I didn't know how it was going to end and really enjoyed the outcome of it.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Two novels in one, set hundreds of years apart. In the last pages of the book, the point at which the two stories intersect is made plain. Both stories held sufficient tension to keep my interest in each separately. (Sometimes when I read books with separate plot lines, I'm bored by one storyline and resent the reading time spent in it when I could be reading the other! :) That was not the case with this book.)
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A really neat story and I enjoyed it alot. It moves between a physician during the great plague and modern day researchers who unknowingly start another black death.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A great commuter read, fast paced, but at the same time it has some great quite moments you can appreciate.
Tish O. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
this is a wonderful book that spans hundreds of years. there are 2
ongoing stories;one set in 2005 (called the future as this book was
written in the 90's) in England. the entire world fought the good
fight
with diseases and there are many people who did not make it. no
antibiotics work anymore and many medical professionals are being
re-trained in other areas.
the other story is set in Span and England during the plague times.
the
main character is a jewish doctor who is hiding from the
christians. he
finds himself in England being the physician to King Edward and the
royal family.
there are a few romances along the way.
MarySue M. from SAN ANTONIO, TX wrote on 11/14/2005...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Part historical,part futuristic adventure...chock-full of curious lore and considerable suspense.
Anyone who likes knowing how "cures" were done in the olden days,will enjoy reading this.Great for school reports.
Sue K. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is one great book, keeps you reading and on the edge of your chair!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book kept me totally engrossed in both storylines. I couldn't put it down until I had finished & the two stories were finally merged at the end.
Great book!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book.
"Two eras are joined by a single trace of microscopic bacterium-- the invisible seeds of the new bubonic plague"
This book jumps often from 1348 to 2005.... but it's not at all confusing.
Rate These Member Reviews
Debra L. (This novel is about history's most feared disease: the Black Plague. This book is a tale of adventure and science. It joins two eras, 1348 and 2005, by a single trace of bacteria. This is a story of a race against time and mass destruction. If you enjoy forensics, medicine and darn good mystery-this is a must read! The author expertly blends the two time periods so the reader does not get lost and confused (as I sometimes do when they try this). I was fascinated by the comparison of how death and disease is treated-then and now. I liked this book and will read this author's works again.
Brenda W. from MONROE, MI wrote on 5/4/2006...Makes you think
Christa B. (It's history's most feared disease. It turned neighbor against neighbor, the civilized into the savage, and the living into the dead.It starts out in the year 1348 and ends naerly 700 years later.