plague

In this continuation of a twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, wealthy seventeen-year-old Araby Worth, betrayed and bereft, discovers that she will fight for her city and the people she loves, beginning at the prince's masked ball.

Readers will discover the methods of medical care, from the ancients to modern technology. Readers are also treated to a tour of techniques from ancient Chinese, Egyptian, and Indian medical texts, Hippocrates and the Greeks, Arab centers of medicine, the legacy of Galen, and Renaissance anatomical studies.

A fictional account based on the actual lead-mining village of Eyam, Derbyshire, whose inhabitants voluntarily quarantined themselves for a year when stricken with Bubonic Plague in 1665-1666.

A detailed history of two disasters that befell London, England: The Great Plague of 1665 in which it is estimated that at least 70,000 died, and the Great Fire of 1666, which destroyed four-fifths of the city.

Describes how the Black Plague of the fourteenth century affected the history of England and explores the plague's beneficial results.

A wealthy girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow the government, and faces the threat of a new plague.

Presents Mary Shelley's 1826 novel, which depicts the death of the human race by war and plague in the late twenty-first century; and includes an introduction, explanatory notes, a bibliography, and chronology.

Contains eleven essays in which the authors examine the history, causes, and economic and cultural impact of the fourteenth-century plague known as the Black Death.

Chronicles the events surrounding the plague of 1664 and 1665, discussing how the epidemic impacted London society, culture, and history.

Chronicles the history and mystery of several centuries of plague including bioweapons programs initiated by the former Soviet Union.