The Great Mortality by John Kelly

The Great Mortality

John Kelly

515 pages first pub 2005 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced

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The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history, even more so now, when the notion of plague--be it animal or human--has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the ...

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informative 95%
dark 67%
challenging 30%
sad 28%
reflective 25%
emotional 4%
hopeful 3%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%
lighthearted 1%
tense 1%

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medium 55%
slow 39%
fast 4%

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