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THE PLAGUE TALES
by Benson, Ann
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0385316518
- ISBN 13
- 9780385316514
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte Pr, New York, . (1997), 1997. Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in fine black glossy pictorial dj. Fourteenth-century physician Alejandro Guzman, caught performing an autopsy in Spain, flees across Europe at the time of the Black Death to escape execution for his heretical deed. When he arrives in the Papal city of Avignon, he is conscripted against his will to serve as a Plague Doctor in the court of England's Edward III. Unfolding in a dramatic counterpoint is the story of American medical archaeologist Janie Crowe, in England at the turn of the 21st century to recover from the tragic loss of her family. 474 pp.
Synopsis
Ann Benson lives in Connecticut with her husband and is the mother of two grown daughters. She is also the author of the acclaimed novels The Plague Tales, The Burning Road, and Thief of Souls .
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67106
- Title
- THE PLAGUE TALES
- Author
- Benson, Ann
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385316518
- ISBN 13
- 9780385316514
- Publisher
- Delacorte Pr, New York, . (1997)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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