kasiaolm's review against another edition
4.0
There were a few things that annoyed me about the writing style, but overall, it was a great read.
swirls's review against another edition
4.0
The writing is florid - Kelly is clearly a fan of flowery similes, anthropomorphising plague, and dramatic descriptions. But I still loved it! This is great first book to look at when looking for an introduction to medieval black death and medieval history. I'd recommend pairing it with The Great Courses video course, The Black Death, to get a better feel of the geography (and a completely different take).
gigiluvsreads's review against another edition
It was really truly written in a very bland fashion
matthew2666's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Love my dark history. I read this, of course, bc my interest in dark shit and medieval history, but also LPOTL's series, which is pretty much straight up taken from this book (they admit as much.)
Anyway, super readable and interesting! Worthy part of your library!
Anyway, super readable and interesting! Worthy part of your library!
statman's review against another edition
2.0
I learned a lot from this book but I find it hard to give it a good rating. You get a sense of the impact of what happened with the Black Death and its explanations. I just found too much detail in this book about the hygienic and practices that made the story too vivid for me.